There are certainly similarities with the USA - with its central power over economics and common foreign policy.

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Eventually passed, CAFCA established a free-trade zone that included the USA, the Caribbean and Central America.

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The USA and Jamaica will also play Twenty20 matches at the Central Broward Park this weekend.

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The USA, Australia and Japan are examples of the former while Caribbean, Central American and African countries represent some of the latter.

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The other eight would be Connecticut, Cincinnati, South Florida, Temple, Central Florida, Houston, Memphis and SMU, the latter four out of Conference USA. Navy is slated to join for just football in 2015.

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Armstrong had hoped to compete at the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships in his home town of Austin this weekend, thinking it was not subject to USA or World Anti-Doping Agency codes.

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