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Originally Posted by Jusnred
the people of Central America, are they the same people? I know each country has its own history but someone born in El Salvador and someone born in Honduras, is the only real difference the country they were born in? In this case I am only speaking about the mestizo population. Both countries have a high percentage in this group, but what about the other Central American countries nearby? All the way down to Costa Rica. I took Panama off the list since many consider themselves South American and it was once part of Colombia. Let's start from Guatemala down to Costa Rica.
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They all share a lot in common being that they were united politically and culturally to Mexico from colonial times and independence. They also formed their own Central American federation. Costa Rica has been the most stable of traditional Central American historic nations and in some ways differentiates itself from others.
You could argue that they are the same but that they are also different. They can relate to each other on the basis of history but they have unique and distinct customs of each that makes one unique and distinct from the other.