The Central American Development and Economic Organization is founded with a view to ease trade and economic integration for the region.
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A Central American Common Market is established
1958
The Central American Development and Economic Organization is founded with a view to ease trade and economic integration for the region. |
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Ramon Villeda Morales is elected president
1957
The Parliamentary Assembly elects Ramon Villeda Morales as the new president |
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Julio Lozano Diaz is elected
1954
Julio Lozano Diaz takes over the presidency |
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Workers go on strike
1954
1954. Strike staged by workers from the United Fruit Company. |
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The Organization of Central American States is set up.
1951
The Organization of Central American States is founded in San Salvador |
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Residents are gunned down in San Pedro de Sula
1944
Demonstrators against the dictatorship of Tiburcio Carias are gunned down in the streets of San Pedro Sula. The death toll rose to 100 people. |
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Common boundaries for both countries
1936
On March, 1936, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras agree on Cristo Peak to be their common boundary by the Rio Frio River |
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Agricultural Colonization Act
1935
1935. The Agricultural Colonization Law gets into effect |
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Presidential elections
1933
General Tiburcio Carias Andino, founder of the National Party that remained in office until 1949, is elected president |
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Civil War
1925
A civil war breaks out, including the landing of U.S. troops |
