Central America
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, just south of Mexico and North of Panama, consists of
just six countries; Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,
and Costa Rica. Of those six, all share a distinct common history except
for Belize. Belize for one is incredibly small, and while Spanish is the
official language of other Central American countries, in Beliz ....
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.... the United States. In Central America on
the other hand, the wealthiest Country, Costa Rica, came in at just under
$2000. Distortion plays a role on the $2000 also, due to the fact the the
elite-rich have an enormous concentration of wealth and land ownership, the
real GDP of the poorer half of the population is around $200-$400 a year
(Pg 10, Booth and Walker). Accompanying poverty or as a result is poor or
unavailable education, health care ....
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