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Central America

The United Provinces, and the five republics they became.

Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica all continue to the present.

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Central America — the shape you scrub through changes in 1823 · 1841.

Moments from the Chronicle

• 1823 Central America separates The United Provinces leave Mexico; the Monroe Doctrine is proclaimed in Washington.

Further reading

• A Brief History of Central America, Second Edition Lynn V Foster · 2007

  A readable one-volume survey of Central America from pre-Columbian times through the United Provinces to the modern republics.

• Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent Eduardo Galeano · 1971

  Classic sweeping economic history of Latin America framing the Central American republics' dependent development.

Sources

• Federal Republic of Central America — Wikipedia