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Caribbean & Central America - 25 May 2004
REGION: Full speed ahead for regional integration
Central American integration is beginning to look a little less like a pipe dream. Nicaragua formally joined the Central American customs union, comprising Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, on 6 May at a
ceremony held at the border post of Guasaule, on the Honduras-Nicaragua frontier. The leaders of the four countries- Oscar Berger (Guatemala), Francisco Flores (El Salvador), Ricardo Maduro (Honduras) and Enrique Bolaños (Nicaragua) - were each in attendance.
The impetus for the current integration drive was provided by Berger shortly after his inauguration earlier this year when he signed a customs union with his Salvadorean counterpart on 10 March (see RC-04-03). Honduras followed suit on 14 April.
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