Central America is comprised the seven nations of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. The combined GDP of these tropical nations is a total of $165,400 million USD according to the CIA World Factbook. Let’s put that in perspective. Canada had a GDP of approximately $1,759,000 million USD in 2011, or…
Since the year 2000, the government of Ecuador has instituted a policy instating the United States dollar as the official currency of Ecuador. El Salvador, likewise, instituted a policy instituting the United States dollar as their official currency in 2001 thereby becoming the third Latin American country to use a foreign money as their official…
Mari Carmen Aponte was appointed by the Obama administration as Ambassador to El Salvador. Because she has been a controversial appointment, twice rejected by the US Congress, Obama appointed her while the Congress was not in session to avoid a traditional confirmation. Almost immediately after beginning her tenuous tenure, Ms Aponte exposed the justification for…
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