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Central America
Central America'''Central America''' is the thin section of land that links the North American continent with the South American continent. Geographically part of North America, it is made up of several small, mostly poor countries -- with notable exceptions, such as Costa Rica -- that have so much more in common with South America than the more affluent north that their North American connection is often overlooked.
==Countries==
*Belize
*Costa Rica
*El Salvador
*Guatemala
*Honduras
*Nicaragua
*Panama
==Understand==
Until the 90s the area was subject to brutal repression (Guatemala), civil wars (El Salvador and Nicaragua), and proxy fights between opposite parties supported either by the United States of America|US or the Former Soviet Union|Soviet Union.
This dark political and social situation changed with the end of the Cold War and after the peace agreements at the beginning of the 90s. Now the region is living a process of changes and reforms that will allow the region to recover the lost time, and that will allow travelers to discover a region in constant changes, making Central America an interesting and relatively cheap travel destination. Generally, the people of Central America are '''kind and warm''', and welcoming to foreigners. There is a diversity of culture from one end of Central America to the other, and '''indigenous culture''' plays an important role in the region, specially in Guatemala.
Colonial Towns, such as Antigua Guatemala (Guatemala), Gracias and Comayagua (Honduras), Leon and Granada (Nicaragua) or Panama City -Casco Viejo- (Panama, where the Panama Canal can be visited as well), Ancient Mayan ruins in Copan (Honduras) and El Peten (Guatemala), amazing beaches, specially in the Caribbean Coast, and National Natural Parks, especially in Costa Rica (where tourism is more developed than in the rest of the region) make this region a great yet undiscovered and affordable treasure which is worth visiting.
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