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Central America is composed of seven independent nations: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. After the Spanish conquest in the 16th century, most of the inhabitants of Central America shared a similar history.
Central America [b] is a subregion of North America. [2] ... A Brief History of Central America (Univ of California Press, 1989). Sola, Mauricio.
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 .
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
For Mexico, the annexation of Central America was seen as a way to help stabilize the country's struggling economy, especially the mining and agricultural industries, after a decade of fighting against Spanish rule. Central America's annexation offered the Mexican government a larger tax base, which would help the country rebuild its ...
In 1501, Rodrigo de Bastidas was the first European to explore the Isthmus of Panama sailing along the eastern coast. A year later Christopher Columbus on his fourth voyage, sailing south and eastward from upper Central America, explored Bocas del Toro, Veragua, the Chagres River and Portobelo (Beautiful Port) which he named.
The Act of Independence of Central America (Spanish: Acta de Independencia Centroamericana), also known as the Act of Independence of Guatemala, is the legal document by which the Provincial Council of the Province of Guatemala proclaimed the independence of Central America from the Spanish Empire and invited the other provinces of the Captaincy General of Guatemala [a] to send envoys to a ...
History of Central America by topic (13 C) * History of Mesoamerica (10 C, 31 P) History of the Yucatán Peninsula (13 C, 27 P) D. Defunct organizations based in ...