Why can't there be a "Central American Republic"? (cost, country)
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Why can't the nations of Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Panama) unite to form a "Central American Republic"? Are the nations more alike than different? I left out Belize because it is primarily English-speaking.
Why can't the nations of Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Panama) unite to form a "Central American Republic"? Are the nations more alike than different? I left out Belize because it is primarily English-speaking.
Well just ask yourself how many nations have united since WWII.
I think that the more appropriate question to ask, is why can't the nations form tight bond and unify legal structures, and financial exchange rates. Europe would love to invest in Central America, but the patchwork of laws and currency risk makes it undesirable.
The three major languages in Belize are:
62.9% English
56.6% Spanish
44.6% Creole
Obviously since this adds up to more than 100% many people speak more than one language. Over half the population is bilingual, and a large segment is multilingual. I don't think that the population that speaks English only is very large. Less than 5% of the population is categorized as "white" and most of them are a group of German Mennonites. I wouldn't think Belize's language mix is of any importance in such a discussion.
Why can't the nations of Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Panama) unite to form a "Central American Republic"? Are the nations more alike than different? I left out Belize because it is primarily English-speaking.
Well just ask yourself how many nations have united since WWII.
I think that the more appropriate question to ask, is why can't the nations form tight bond and unify legal structures, and financial exchange rates. Europe would love to invest in Central America, but the patchwork of laws and currency risk makes it undesirable.
The three major languages in Belize are:
62.9% English
56.6% Spanish
44.6% Creole
Obviously since this adds up to more than 100% many people speak more than one language. Over half the population is bilingual, and a large segment is multilingual. I don't think that the population that speaks English only is very large. Less than 5% of the population is categorized as "white" and most of them are a group of German Mennonites. I wouldn't think Belize's language mix is of any importance in such a discussion.
Belize was a predominantly English speaking country but immigration has changed that. Many English speakers immigrated elsewhere, especially to the United States, while Spanish speakers from surrounding countries were moving into Belize. The high rate of Spanish speakers is a recent phenomenon.
The high rate of Spanish speakers is a recent phenomenon.
The important point is that Belize's different colonial heritage has not prevented them from joining in the cooperative economic development of the region.
SICA
The Central American Integration System (SICA) is the institutional framework of Regional Integration in Central America, created by the States of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. Subsequently, Belize joined afterwards as a full member; in 2013, The Dominican Republic did likewise. SICA’s General Secretariat headquarters are located in the Republic of El Salvador.
The Central American Integration System was established on December 13, 1991, by the signing of the Protocol to the Charter of the Organization of Central American States (ODECA) or Tegucigalpa Protocol, which amended the Charter of ODECA, signed in Panama on December 12, 1962, and formally came into operation on February 1, 1993.
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