States of America and El Salvador have a long history of friendly cooperation. There are many ties between these two nations‚ however the main ones are economic cooperation‚ development and immigration. El Salvador and other Central American nations declared independence from Spain on 1821‚ and after two years of independence‚ five of these Central American nations formed what was known as the United Provinces of Central America (Office of the Historian). The United Provinces of Central America were recognized
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Influence of the foreign actors on the values of Central Asian countries Introduction Central Asia is neighbor to few countries‚ which play a strategic role in the world. It is a special region in the sense that it has “European traditions” and it is – unlike many other territories in today’s world – not antagonistic toward the West and it values. In fact‚ they welcome western ideologies and try to follow them. A considerable part of the population in Central Asia regards the European way of social and
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Signals‚ Industrial Designs‚ Patents‚ Geographical Indication‚ Trade regulations & tariffs. • The US is Costa Rica’s main trading partner • Anti-trust laws are enforced in Costa Rica to maintain fairness between businesses. (Central America Data‚ 2008) • Costa Rica has no official pricing rules. • Individuals and businesses living in Costa Rica are obliged to pay income tax only on income derived from sources within the country. • Minimum wage
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Chinchilla - 1st Vice-President Alfio Piva - 2nd Vice-President Luis Liberman Legislature Legislative Assembly Independence declared - from Spain September 15‚ 1821 - from Mexicoa July 1‚ 1823 - from United Provinces of Central America March 21‚ 1847 - Recognized by Spain May 10‚ 1850 - Constitution November 7‚ 1949[2] Area - Total 51‚100 km2 (128th) 19‚653 sq mi - Water (%) 0.7 Population - 2011 census 4‚301‚712[3] - Density 84[3]/km2 (107th)
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The Ancient Maya The Maya refer to both modern day people who are found all over the world today‚ as well as their ancient ancestors who built an ancient civilizations that stretched throughout much of Central America. The Ancient Mayans are renowned among historians and archaeologists as being an incredibly advanced culture that excelled at mathematics‚ astronomy and arts. With their star-based calendar predicting the end of the world in 2012. Much of Mayan history is under mystery and yet
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SUMMARY OF THE MAYAS The Mayan civilization was the height of pre-Columbian culture. They made significant discoveries in science‚ including the use of the zero in mathematics. Their writing was the only in America capable of expressing all types of thought. Glyphs either represent syllables or whole concepts and were written on long strips of paper or carved and painted n stone. They are arranged to be read from left to right and top to bottom in pairs of columns. The Mayan calendar begins around
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Central bank today is the most important feature of the financial systems of the majority of countries. The main function of a modern central bank is the monitoring and regulation of interest rates in the economy. The central bank does this by changing the interest rates that it charges on money that it lends to the banking system through its "discount windows". Interest rates are supposed to influence the level of economic activity in the economy.(Vaknin‚2009) However‚ during a financial crisis
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“The Mexican Revolution best exemplifies the type of politically driven conflicts that dominated in the Northern and Central Americas from the turn of the Twentieth century until World War II.” How valid is this assessment? The above statement makes reference to the conflicts within Northern and Central America‚ there is no doubt that these places have been involved in many conflicts‚ whether it be domestic or international. However it goes on to suggest that the conflicts within the continent were
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Mayan calendar had three calendars and almanacs which were used by several cultures in Central America such as Mexico‚ Belize‚ Guatemala‚ Honduras‚ and El Salvador. The calendars date was at least in 5th century before the Common Era and some communities still use Mayan calendar today. The Mayan did not invent calendars they expanded further because it was used by most cultures in pre-Columbian‚ such as Central America around 200BCE to the 16th century. Therefore‚ the Mayan expanded farther calendars
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life of the coffee bean can be more than 40 years and its production is given once a year during what is called coffee cycle. Coffee ‚ one of the most traded agricultural commodities in the world ‚ grows in large proportion in areas such as : Latin America ‚ Asia and Africa .The warm weather in these parts of the world makes it essay to plant and grow. However‚ moisture in these territories stimulates the appearance of rust which is a fungus that infects coffee leaf. As a result of that infection the
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