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"SIECA is currently under question, ever since the appointment of the Secretary General was made abnormally."
The Federation of Private Entities of CA, Panama and Dominican Republic (FEDEPRICAP), canceled a meeting with the Spanish Organizations Confederation because the meeting was sponsored by the Central American Economic Integration Department (SIECA) as part of a project which manages the Department itself.
The Government filed a motion to rescind the appointment of Ernesto Torres Chico as head of SIECA.
"What we're asking for is the application of due process, transparency and respect for institutions, so not to impose a Secretary General in violation of the procedures and mechanisms established in the Central American instruments" said Minister of Foreign Trade, Anabel González.
Following the resignation of Yolanda Mayor, Ernesto Torres Chico was appointed director of Comieco.
The foreign ministers of El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala, and the ministers of Comieco, except Costa Rica, accepted the resignation of Mayora de Gavidia as director of the Central American Economic Integration Department (SIEC).
Erick Coyoy, Minister of Economy of Guatemala, told La Prensa Libre, "She (Yolanda Mayora) stated in the resignation, that there was a decision ratified by four governments regarding her continuation in office and made her job available."
Yolanda Mayora de Gavidia will continue to lead the Central American Economic Integration Secretary.
The decision was made by the Council of Ministers of Economy of Central America, reversing the decision made by 4 regional Presidents to oust Mayora as head of the agency for economic integration.
"By failing to appoint a new secretary, the current executive will continue in office," stated Erick Coyoy, Guatemala´s Minister of Economy.
Having adversely affected the interests of regional bureaucracies through the process of speeding up the integration procedures could have triggered the replacement of Yolanda Mayora.
Business associations and interested groups in the economic integration of Central America are reacting against Mayora´s dismissal, who had energized the regional economic integration process.
At El Salvador´s request, Central American governments separated Yolanda de Gavidia from her post as Director of the Central American Economic Integration Department.
Reasons for the dismissal of the former finance minister of El Salvador were not disclosed.
Of Salvadoran citizenship, Gavidia had been appointed secretary general of SIECA for a period of four years ending in 2013.
A meeting between the Central America Integration Secretary (SICA) and the Republic of Korea concluded with important agreements in regional cooperation, economy and security.
The Central American nations expressed their concern for the serious crime situation experienced in the region, and invited Korea to support the International Conference for Central America’s Security Strategy, planned for next year.
Presidents and representatives from the governments of Central America are participating in a mini-summit with Hillary Clinton.
Nicaragua is the only country missing. They opted not to send anyone to the meeting.
“The U.S. State Secretary arrives to Guatemala from Costa Rica, where she expressed Barack Obama’s commitment to help Central American countries in their fight against drug trafficking”.
Latin America's weakness in infrastructure will be once again evident during the upcoming economic recovery.
"A study by the World Bank in 2003 warned of the low investment levels of the region, and stated that to reach infrastructure levels similar to those of South Korea, the region would have to invest between 4% and 6% of its GDP for 20 years. And the region is far, far away from achieving this".
The European Union gave in on its desire that regarding interparlamentary dialogue, Central American representation would be exclusively be by Parlacen.
In this dialogue, Costa Rica will be represented by a member of its Legislative Assembly while other Central America countries will be represented via the regional organism.
This was reported in the article on Elfinancierocr.com: "Since the start of negotiations, in October 2006, Costa Rica made it known that it will not join Parlacen, especially in light of the European insistence that the region be united for the biregional negotiations.
Countries in the region began discussions on Tuesday, part of a series of summits to create a shield against the global crisis.
The discussions at the beach resort of Costa do Sauipe, in the north of Brazil, began when host president, Luiz Lula da Silva, inaugurated the bi-annual summit of Mercosur, which was plagued by setbacks.
Leaders from throughout the region were also invited, including the president of Cuba, Raul Castro, who gave his colleagues a greeting from his brother, Fidel.
For the first time in history the leaders of Latin American and Caribbean countries will meet on their own to discuss integration.
The meeting, which will be held on December 16 & 17 at Costa de Sauipe, a resort close to the Brazilian city of Salvador de Bahia (in the northeast), will seek to promote greater cooperation between the various regional integration mechanisms.
Parlacen will have new powers to push through the process of economic integration on the isthmus.
According to Julio Gonzalez, president of forum, Parlacen could promote laws that are valid regionally while previously it was limited to recommending changes in the laws of member countries.
"The expectations are very good because we are becoming the link in the integration, the objective is that in time we become one country, the Central American country," said Gonzalez to AFP.