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1
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Mexico was shaped by(3)

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  1. Colonialism
  2. Revolution
  3. Acculturation
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Spanish Conquest Years

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1519-1521

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3
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amerindian

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native people in latin america

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mestizo

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mixed European and amerindian

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mulatto

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mixed European and african

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creole

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European,african, amerindian

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Mexican ethnicity is 60%

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mestizo

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mexico resources

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Oil, minerals, farmaland-all controlled by wealthy

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maquiladora

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foreign owned-import raw materials, local labor, exploit profit

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NAFTA purpose

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  • open door to maquiladoras for free trade

- compete with EU and ASIA

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11
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Estimated illegals in US

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12-20million

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12
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Belize is a…

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former british colony

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13
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Banana Republics(3)

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Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua

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14
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costa rica is called…

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Switzerland of central america

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15
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costa rica

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peaceful democratic gov

economic conditions are attractive to international corporations

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16
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CAFTA

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central America free trade agreement
2006
opened up coorportate colonialism

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17
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cafta opposition

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-expand corporate control of economy
-small business cant compete
lower wages for majority of people
-more power in elite hands

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18
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Panama timeline

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  1. panama included as part of Columbia(1800s)
  2. french started building canal then quit (1800s)
  3. Panama freed in 1903 w/ Us aid
  4. us gained canal zone from france
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19
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continued…..

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  1. us built panama canal & maintained control -1914
  2. 1977-pres carter signed treaty to return canal
  3. 1989- Pres Bush Sr. Us invaded & arrested Panamanian leader
  4. canal zone & canal returned at end of 1999
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20
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Panamanian leader arrested & why

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Mahiel Nohega

US paid, started going against what US said, drug dealer

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21
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3 main regions of middle america

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Caribbean, mexico, central america

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22
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carribean top language

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Spanish 61%

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23
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greater antilles

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large islands

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24
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less Antilles

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small islands

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25
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carribean natives

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taino, carib

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26
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islands are called

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rimland

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27
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rimland agriculture

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plantation

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28
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plantation agriculture

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cash crops, slave labor

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29
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colonialism changed…..of caribbean

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religion, ethnicity, economics(plantations)

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30
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Rimland is….descent

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Mulato

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31
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Mainland agriculture

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hacienda

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32
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Hacienda agriculture

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social prestige, local workers, subsistence crops

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33
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Puerto rico

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American owned
77% of workforce in tourism
citizens since 1917

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34
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1898 Spanish-American War

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start- US battleship Maine sunk in Havana harbor

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35
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from Spanish American war us controlled….

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cuba,puerto rico, guam, phillipines

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36
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us dominated cuba from

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1898-1959

37
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us backed Cuban pres

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baltica

38
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1959 Cuban revolution

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Fidel castro

39
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Castro series of events

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  1. rids Havana of organized crime
  2. take control of all agricultural lands
  3. nationalized all foreign business
  4. takes ownership of wealthy estates
40
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In 1960 the US……on Cuba

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place a trade embargo

41
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1961 bay of pigs invasion

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failed miserably, Cuban exhiles

42
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1962 Cuban missle crisis

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Russian missles discovered in cuba, us set up blockade
Us removed turkey missles
Russia removed Cuban missles
-almost nuclear war

43
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After fall of USSR(year too)

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1991, castro turned to tourism for $$

44
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main Cuban religion

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Santeria

African religion, 70%

45
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South American main features(2)

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amazon river, andes mountains

46
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inca empire conquered by

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pizzaro

47
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inca location

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border of peru and bolivia

48
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lake in inca empire

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lake Titicaca

one of the largest high elevation lakes

49
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Aztec conquered by

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cortes

50
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location of aztec

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where mexico city is

51
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tordesillas line

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line created by catholic church to separate Spanish and Portuguese colonies

52
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Physical Regions of S.AMerica(7)

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llanos
altiplano
Atacama desert
pampas-food producing
Patagonia
amazon basin
tierra del fuego
53
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5 cultural regions

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Tropical plantation
rural ameridian
amazon basin
mixed mestizo
European commercial
54
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tropical plantation location

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former slave trades, N. Coast

55
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rural amerindian

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inca descent, poor, large families, peru/bolivia

56
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amazon basin location

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hardly any people, exploitation of resources

stip in middle of river

57
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mixed mestizo

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European, Amerindian mix

58
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European commercial

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mix of European people in south, established, $$$

59
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Least latin area of s. america

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the guianas

60
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3 guianas

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Guyana
suriname
frech guiana

61
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guyana

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formerly british, 50% Asian, 43% black mixed

due to slavery, indentured servants

62
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suriname

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formerly dutch

Asian/indian 38%, BLACKS 31%, Indonesians 15%

63
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Why Indonesians in suriname?

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Indonesia was a dutch colony, brought over to work

64
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French guiana

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still French colony
creole ethnicity 68%
location of euro space agency

65
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Columbia famous exports

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coffee, drugs, oils

66
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columbia facts

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  • three mountain ranges
  • 9 southern states together are smaller than
  • coastline on Caribbean and pacific
67
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3 largest cities, columbia

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bogota-8mil
Medellin-3mil
cali- 2.5 mil

68
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3 areas of control in columbia

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government
insurgents
drug cartels

69
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Triangle trade

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http://www.irespect.net/images/SlaveTradeMap.jpg

70
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American to African passage called…

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middle passage

71
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core in brazil is in…

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southeast

72
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largest economic,industrial area

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Sao Paulo

73
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brazil periphery

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northern /amazon basin

74
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favela

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slums in cities

75
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best known brazil city

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rio de janero

76
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Southern cone contains…(3)

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chile, brazil, Uruguay

77
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argentina

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  • 2nd largest In S.America
  • more than 90% of pop. lives in cities
  • pampas-largest agricultural region
  • Patagonia-enormous natural resources, Atacama desert twin
78
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chile

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2500 miles long, 90 wide

Atacama desert in the north

79
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3 regions of chile

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northern:desert
central:C Climate
Southern: lots of rain, rainshadow, winds come from pacific

80
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rainshadow effect

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  • prevailing winds reach chile from east
  • andes mountains cause moisture to precipitate
  • leading to west of mts. receiving no moisture
81
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Chile & NAFTA

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  • silent partner, separate agreements with each country

- talk of creating amero

82
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Guatemala Capital

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Guatemala city

83
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honduras

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tegucigalpa

84
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nicaragua

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managua

85
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belize

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belmopan

86
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el salvador

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san salvador

87
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costa rica

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san jose

88
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panama

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panama city

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