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- adjective Of or pertaining to
Central America - noun A native or inhabitant of Central America
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Examples
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The agenda was clearly a consensus agenda, and it was obvious in the educational discussion that education is very much at the center in terms of the Latin American, Central American, and Caribbean leadership.
Press Briefing By Mack Mclarty And Richard Riley ITY National Archives 1998
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I was a member of a group that worked to oppose the US wars in Central America and helped refugees find sanctuary called the Central American Action Committee.
CounterPunch 2009
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GREG GRANDIN: - and NGOs like Washington Office on Latin America call Central American states, particularly Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, what they call "captive states," basically political institutions, the judiciary, the Congress, controlled by not only traditional families, but basically organized crime cartels.
Democracy Now! 2009
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From border to border, Central American migrants make their way to the United States facing risks that can go from extortions and muggings to kidnappings and rapes.
Eduardo Barraza: The Other Border: Families Look for Missing Migrants in Mexico Eduardo Barraza 2011
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The vast majority are migrants from Central American countries.
Eduardo Barraza: The Other Border: Families Look for Missing Migrants in Mexico Eduardo Barraza 2011
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He said the increased federal presence has led to the rescue of 119 kidnapped people in the northern Tamaulipas city of Reynosa in recent days, including Mexican, Central American and Chinese migrants.
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Mr. Warner also alleged that FIFA improperly gave $1 million to the North, Central American and Caribbean Football Federation, known as Concacaf.
Soccer's Governing Body Faces Heightened Scrutiny John Revill 2011
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Men and women from Central American countries like Guatemala, El Salvador or Honduras, who following a treacherous "migrant's route" through southern Mexico disappeared in a hostile country where they set foot on only as a stepping stone seeking better economic opportunities.
Eduardo Barraza: The Other Border: Families Look for Missing Migrants in Mexico Eduardo Barraza 2011
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Gender-based violence is now the second highest cause of death for women of reproductive age in this tiny Central American country.
Honduran police turn a blind eye to soaring number of 'femicides' 2011
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He specialized in providing Central American countries with U.S. military aid and funding.
Nestor D. Sanchez, 83; CIA official led Latin American division T. Rees Shapiro 2011
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