The Organization of Central American States (ODECA), predecessor of the Central American Integration System (SICA), turned 65 years old.
On October 14th, the Central American Integration Day was celebrated in order to conmemorate the day in which the letter was signed, back in 1951.
In times when we chose the course of development and decided we would walk towards it, through an goal called integration, SICA was created as a unifying mechanism in the region. We understood that only through dialogue and consensus, we would reach that unification,
declared Victoria Velásquez, secretary general of SICA.
Among many other benefits of integration and its institutions, she mentioned the work of the Regional Center for the Promotion of Micro and Small Enterprise and the Regional Program for Food and Nutritional Security.
On October 13th, the ambassadors from eight SICA countries commemorated the date along with representatives of observer countries from the System and international cooperation.
The Central American Integration System was established on December 13th, 1991, by signing the Charter of the Organization of American States, or Tegucigalpa Protocol, which amended the Charter of ODECA, originally signed in San Salvador, El Salvador, on October 14th, 1951. It officially came into force on February 1st, 1993.