RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Central America commemorated on Wednesday, September 15, the 200th anniversary of its independence from Spain without massive events - due to the Covid-19 pandemic -and with calls for unity and the defense of democracy in a region plagued by high levels of poverty and violence that drive thousands to emigrate.
The Act of Independence of Central America - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua - proclaimed on September 15, 1821, the dissociation of the captaincy general of Guatemala from the Spanish monarchy, in a meeting of its deputation presided over by its highest political leader, Gabino . . .
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