Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Bandera for flag. We wave goodbye to this mini series on the Central American flags with simplest of them all, the Honduran banderole, three stripes and five stars. In this case, each star represents each nation in the Central American isthmus. Which flag from Central America is … Read more
As I have been saying, the 5-nation motif is repeated in many of the flags of the Central American republics as a reminder that once there was a Central American Federation, sort of the United States of Central America, for which Guatemala City was the capital and government seat. Triangles and volcanoes are also used … Read more
As I have shared with you before, September 15 is the date to celebrate Guatemala’s Independence Day. Heck, to be correct, actually on September 15 all the countries of Central America celebrate Independence Day. You have to remember that Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica used to be provinces of Guatemala, later the … Read more