What is Central American Integration System?
The '''Central American Integration System''' ({{lang-es|'''Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana'''}}, or '''SICA''') has been the economic and political organization of [[Central America]]n states since February 1, 1993. In 1991, SICA's first nations to join were [[Guatemala]], [[El Salvador]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]]. [[Belize]] joined in 1998 as a full member, while the [[Dominican Republic]] became an associated state in 2004 and a full member in 2013. [[Mexico]], [[Chile]] and [[Brazil]] became part of the organization as regional observers, and the [[Republic of China]], [[Spain]], [[Germany]] and [[Japan]] became extra-regional observers. SICA has been an observer of the [[United Nations General Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/en/members/intergovorg.shtml|title=United Nations list of observing international organizations|website=un.org|access-date=4 April 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Multistub|politics|North-America}} [[Category:Political organizations]] [[Category:Central America]]