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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 ...
1960 — 1996 Central American crisis. 1979 — 1992 Salvadoran Civil War. December 11, 1981 El Mozote massacre; August 21, 1982 — August 22, 1982 El Calabozo massacre; June 19, 1985 21:30 Zona Rosa attacks; November 16, 1989 Murder of UCA scholars; 2022–present Salvadoran gang crackdown
Central America bordered the Mosquito Coast on the Caribbean, [194] which it claimed as part of its territory. [195] The Federal Republic of Central America covered approximately 200,000 square miles (520,000 km 2) and spanned about 900 miles (1,400 km) north to south between the 8th and 18th parallel north. [196]
Non-Native American nations' claims over North America, 1750–1999 Political evolution of Central America and the Caribbean since 1700 European nations' control over South America, 1700 to present Around 1000, the Vikings established a short-lived settlement in Newfoundland , now known as L'Anse aux Meadows .
History of Central America (12 C, 40 P) ... Latin American history (7 C, 35 P) N. ... Timeline of sovereign states in North America;
Political evolution of Central America and the Caribbean 1700 to present. This is a timeline of the territorial evolution of the Caribbean and nearby areas of North, Central, and South America, listing each change to the internal and external borders of the various countries that make up the region.
In 1912, during the Banana Wars period, the U.S. occupied Nicaragua as a means of protecting American business interests and protecting the rights that Nicaragua granted to the United States to construct a canal there. [57] At the same time, the United States and Mexican governments competed for political influence in Central America.
In the early 19th century, the Spanish American wars of independence resulted in the secession of most of Spanish America and the establishment of independent nations. Continuing under crown rule were Cuba and Puerto Rico , along with the Philippines , which were all lost to the United States in 1898, following the Spanish–American War ...