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realitista May 29, 2025

TIL that Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua were briefly united in the 1800s as the Federal Republic of Central America

https://lemm.ee/post/65342575

TIL that Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua were briefly united in the 1800s as the Federal Republic of Central America - lemm.ee

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SippyCup May 29, 2025

Can you guess who played the lead role in destabilizing the FRCA?

It starts with United and rhymes with Bates of Bamerica.

USA! USA! USA!

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Kusimulkku May 29, 2025

It sounds like a bit of a shitshow even without US involvement

The republic was politically unstable, experiencing civil wars, rebellions, and insurrections by liberals and conservatives. From 1827 to 1829, it fell into a civil war between conservatives who supported Arce and liberals who opposed him. Liberal politician Francisco Morazán led the liberals to victory, and was elected president in 1830. The republic descended into a second civil war from 1838 to 1840, by the end of which the states of Central America declared independence and the federal republic ceased to exist.

Historians have attributed the country’s political instability to its federal system of government and its economic struggles. Agricultural exports were insufficient and the federal government was unable to repay its foreign loans, despite favorable terms. Central America’s economic troubles were caused in part by the federal government’s inability to collect taxes and inadequate interstate infrastructure.

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roofuskit May 29, 2025

Someone didn’t read US history before trying to recreate things.

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CookieOfFortune May 30, 2025

Which lesson from US history should the have read?

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roofuskit

The US had a very similar struggle with an inability to tax and high debts when it was first formed. The early government went through very drastic changes to become what we have today.

Of course it wasn’t that far back in history at the time this central American government was going through the same exact problems. Those changes came to the US in the late 1780s. I wonder if they would have had access to the Federalist papers, might have changed things.

And then there were more gradual changes over time made by the Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution, but those started more after the Civil War with the Marshall court.