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The Inter-American Highway is the Central American section of the Pan-American Highway, and spans 5,470 kilometers (3,400 mi) between Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and Panama City, Panama. Because of the 87-kilometer (54 mi) break in the highway known as the Darién Gap , it is not possible to cross between Central America and South America in an ...
Nicaragua, [d] officially the Republic of Nicaragua, [e] is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising 130,370 km 2 (50,340 sq mi). With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, [ 16 ] it is the third-most populous country in Central America after Guatemala and Honduras .
Land use map of Nicaragua, 1979 Topography of Nicaragua Nicaragua map of Köppen climate classification zones. Nicaragua (officially the Republic of Nicaragua Spanish: República de Nicaragua [reˈpuβlika ðe nikaˈɾaɣwa] ⓘ) is a country in Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras.
The various routes proposed over the centuries, with the Panama Canal. The proposed HKND canal would have followed the red route. Until the beginning of the 20th century, before the opening of the Panama Canal, Nicaragua used to be the main overland trade route and hub of transshipment of goods between ocean-going vessels on the Atlantic side and those on the Pacific.
Panama also signed the Panama–United States Trade Promotion Agreement which eliminates tariffs to US services. [89] Even though Panama is regarded as a high-income country, it still remains a country of stark contrasts perpetuated by dramatic educational disparities. Between 2015 and 2017, poverty at less than US$5.5 a day fell from 15.4 to ...
Central America is usually defined as consisting of seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Within Central America is the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot, which extends from southern Mexico to southeastern Panama.
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Panama denied a request from Nicaragua to allow safe passage for ex-President Ricardo Martinelli to leave the country, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday ...
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