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Article: REGION: GUATEMALAN PRESIDENT ALFONSO PORTILLO STARTS FUROR WITH PROPOSAL TO DISSOLVE CENTRAL AMERICAN PARLIAMENT.
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- NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
- Article date:
- August 10, 2000
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In a slight exaggeration of what actually took place at a recent meeting of Central American presidents, Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo reported a consensus to end the Parlamento Centroamericano (PARLACEN). His statement drew a heated response from the parliament's officers and set off a round of debate in the region about PARLACEN's usefulness.
PARLACEN came out of the 1987 Esquipulas II peace accords and has been in operation since 1991. Its five member states are Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and El Salvador. The Dominican Republic participates as an observer. With 20 representatives from each state receiving a US$10,000 annual salary, ...