Central American States, Organization of

Central American States, Organization of
Spanish  Organización de Estados Centroamericanos (ODECA) 

      international organization formed in 1951 to reestablish regional unity in Central America. Member states are Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The organization includes executive, legislative, and economic councils and the Central American Court of Justice; it established the Central American Common Market (q.v.) in 1960.

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