If they are right, other Central American countries may soon be following in El Salvador's footsteps.
Central American countries like Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua are rising in popularity among some of her clients.
In 2008, Central American countries seized three times the amount of cocaine that was found in Mexico and Colombia combined.
In several Central American countries, governments have long had a reputation for corruption.
Most of those people made their way to the border from Central American countries including Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
In a vicious circle of opportunity forgone, most Central American countries fail to generate enough jobs for their unschooled people.
Although commodity exporters such as Chile, Peru and Brazil have clearly gained, Mexico and Central American countries have fared less well.
Central American countries will benefit from greater open access to the EU market, with European consumers expected to benefit from lower prices.
Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla and Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli attended the meeting, which also included representatives from other Central American countries.
The far greater border-security threat is paramilitaristic drug cartels that often are also involved in human smuggling, increasingly from Central American countries.
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These gangs, or maras, spread through other northern Central American countries, as mara members moved back and forth between the US and El Salvador.
Six Central American countries proposed a free-trade treaty to the United States.
Some of this criminal element has ended up in Honduras, where, like most Central American countries, law enforcement has few resources to fight it.
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American Airlines replaced complimentary food offerings with a food-for-sale program last year on flights between the U.S. and Central American countries and the Dominican Republic.
Daniel Ortega, like his counterparts in the leftist parties of other South and Central American countries, has used Chavez's oil revenue to finance his election.
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Number two, we also agreed with President Obama to work together so as to help Central American countries in fighting against organized crime and drug trafficking.
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Over 90% came from just three Central American countries (Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua), almost all of whom are likely to have entered through the southern border.
For example, the National Foundation for American Policy has proposed establishing fully portable work permits as part of bilateral agreements with Mexico and Central American countries.
The critics point out that Honduras, like several other Central American countries, fails to raise enough tax revenue to pay for even the bare bones of a modern state.
Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht insisted the agreement would also support democracy and the rule of law in Central American countries and would "radically upgrade" relations between the EU and Latin America.
He will take part in a summit of the Central American Integration System (SICA), which includes Dominican Republic and all seven Central American countries - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
Meanwhile, in a sign that the pro-free trade forces were gaining ground, House and Senate negotiators reached agreement on a new trade pact which would allow African, Caribbean and Central American countries to gain greater duty-free access to US markets.
If you consider that Haiti is a democracy -- and all those other southern and Central American countries that are struggling with improvements -- are consolidated democracies which includes a free press, balanced security interests and which includes a financial rectitude, and viable parties -- then you look at the world through much more rose-colored glasses than I do.
The USA, Australia and Japan are examples of the former while Caribbean, Central American and African countries represent some of the latter.
In the majority of Central American and Caribbean countries there are no major legal or social initiatives regarding gay marriage or civil partnerships.
Latinos from Central and South American countries make up 14.3 percent of the population, and the other 6.5 percent comes from other Hispanic countries.
It adds that tighter controls on immigration could reduce the numbers of migrant workers from developing countries who are able to send money home - a substantial source of income for many Caribbean, Central American and South Asian countries.
But Central American leaders, whose countries suffer some of the highest murder rates in the world, say they plan to debate the issue further.
Various Central American, Caribbean and Andean countries can already send ethanol to America tariff-free, thanks to concessionary trade agreements.
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Bolivar's dreams of continental integration yielded to parochialism: the Central American Federation of 1825 was five countries by 1838.
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