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Central America was a unified nation at several points throughout its history, and while united, the country has used several national flags.The design of the Central American flag, a blue and white horizontal triband, was inspired by the flag of Argentina.
Español: Mapa de las diferentes entidades territoriales que existían en Centroamérica en el siglo XVI antes de la llegada de los españoles. En lo referente a la simbología, se tomaron en cuenta las siguientes consideraciones: Reinos, todas aquellas entidades territoriales (llamadas comúnmente señoríos o cacicazgos) que contaban con una capital y un señor principal; confederación ...
Bandera de El Salvador; Bandera de Honduras; Anexo:Estados desaparecidos; Historia de América Central; Estados Unidos de Centroamérica; República de América Central; Anexo:Antiguas banderas de Estados soberanos; Anexo:Conflictos bélicos del siglo XX; Bandera de la República Federal de Centro América; Anexo:Cronología de banderas nacionales
Central America [b] is a subregion of North America. [2] Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest.
On 24 August 1821, Spanish Viceroy Juan de O'Donojú signed the Treaty of Córdoba, which established New Spain's independence from Spain. On 15 September 1821, the Act of Independence of Central America was enacted to announce Central America's separation from the Spanish Empire and provide for the establishment of a new Central American state .
The Federal Republic of Central America (Spanish: República Federal de Centro América), initially known as the United Provinces of Central America (Provincias Unidas del Centro de América), was a sovereign state in Central America that existed between 1823 and 1839/1841.
Harsh anti-crime policies (known as La Mano Dura), enacted by Northern Triangle governments starting in the early 2000s, in most cases failed to reduce crime and may have backfired by dramatically expanding prison populations, a fertile ground for gang recruitment. [2] This region has one of the highest rates of intentional homicide for a country.
The United Provinces of Central America (or PUCA- Provincias Unidas De Centro-America in Spanish) is the name given to the different states of Central America in the time after Central America's independence and before becoming their own distinct nations (between 1823 and 1840 [6]). It was a political movement that strived to unify the regions ...