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2020 In Central America
The following lists events that happened during 2020 in Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. The combined population of Central America is estimated at 44.53 million (2016). Incumbents Belize Britain granted British Honduras self-government in 1964; on June 1, 1973, it was renamed Belize. Independence was achieved on September 21, 1981. The capital is Belmopan. *Chief of state: Queen Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952)The CIA World Fact Book: Belize Retrieved Feb 9, 2020 *Represented by Governor-General of Belize, Governor-General Sir Colville Young (since 17 November 1993) *Head of Government: List of prime ministers of Belize, Prime Minister **Dean Barrow (8 February 2008 – 12 November 2020) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Barrow
Dean Oliver Barrow, SC PC (born March 2, 1951) is a politician from Belize who served as prime minister of Belize from 2008 until 2020 and as leader of Belize's United Democratic Party. An attorney by profession, Barrow served as Belize's deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs from 1993 to 1998 and was Leader of the Opposition from 1998 until the UDP won the February 2008 election. Barrow was elected to his first term as prime minister in 2008. He started his second term after the UDP again won an election on March 7, 2012 and his third term when the UDP won again on November 4, 2015. Early life and education Barrow was born and raised in Belize City, British Honduras (now Belize). He attended the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where he graduated with a degree in economics and political science. Legal career Following his graduation from the University of Miami, Barrow returned to Belize, where he entered the legal profession in 1974, worki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Salvador
San Salvador (; ) is the capital and the largest city of El Salvador and its eponymous department. It is the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center. The Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, which comprises the capital itself and 13 of its municipalities, has a population of 2,404,097. The urban area of San Salvador has a population of 1,600,000 inhabitants. The city is home to the ''Consejo de Ministros de El Salvador'' (Council of Ministries of El Salvador), the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, the Supreme Court of El Salvador, and other governmental institutions, as well as the official residence of the President of El Salvador. San Salvador is located in the Salvadoran highlands, surrounded by volcanoes and prone to earthquakes. The city is also home to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador, as well as many Protestant branches of Christianity, including Evangelicals, Latter-day Saints, Baptists, and Pentecostals. San Salvador has the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Republic Of Central America
The Greater Republic of Central America (Spanish: ''República Mayor de Centroamérica''), later the United States of Central America (Spanish: ''Estados Unidos de Centroamérica''), originally planned to be known as the Republic of Central America (Spanish: ''República de América Central''), was a short-lived political union between El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, lasting from 1896 to 1898. It was an attempt to revive the failed Federal Republic of Central America that existed earlier in the century. The three countries agreed to establish a union with the signing of the Treaty of Amapala on 20 June 1895. On 15 September 1896, after the countries had all ratified the treaty individually, the union was formally confirmed. The republic was rechristened the "United States of Central America" when its constitution came into effect on 1 November 1898. The capital was to be the Honduran town of Amapala on the Gulf of Fonseca. The union was dissolved on 29 November 1898 afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvin Rodríguez Cordero
Marvin Rafael de los Ángeles Rodríguez Cordero (born 20 October 1960) is a Costa Rican politician, teacher and labor union leader who served as the Vice President of Costa Rica, Second Vice President of Costa Rica from 8 May 2018 to 8 May 2022. Son of Danilo Rodríguez Blanco and Rafaela Cordero Barquero, farmers without studies, Rodriguez entered the Colegio Técnico Profesional Agropecuario (Agricultural Technical Professional School) at the age of 14 while working in farming alongside his father. He participated in various communal activities including the presidency of the Integral Development Association of La Esperanza de Paquera at 18 years of age. In addition to serving as an educator, Rodríguez was Secretary General of the Costa Rican Education Workers Union (SEC), which together with other teachers' unions organized the general strike of educators that took place in 2014 right between the change of government of Laura Chinchilla and Luis Guillermo Solís due to dela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epsy Campbell Barr
Epsy Alejandra Campbell Barr (born 4 July 1963 in San José, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican politician and economist who served as the Vice-President of Costa Rica from 8 May 2018 to 8 May 2022. She is the first woman of African descent to be vice president in Costa Rica and in Latin America. One of the founders of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC), she ran for president in 2010 and 2014, and was a deputy for San José Province in the Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2006 and 2014 to 2018. Early life and education Epsy Campbell Barr was born in San José in 1963, while her parents Shirley Barr Aird and Luis Campbell Patterson were living in San Francisco de Dos Ríos. She is the fourth child of a family of five daughters and two sons. Other siblings include Sasha Campbell Barr, a singer, and Shirley Campbell Barr, a poet. Epsy Campbell is named after her paternal grandmother, who migrated from Jamaica to Costa Rica as a child. Her Afro-Costa Rican grandparents migrated to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
