SERGIO MOYA-MENA, Professor of Political Science, University of Costa Rica
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PAPER ABSTRACT
This paper details the very long history, especially since the second part of the Nineteenth Century, of Middle Eastern migration to Central America. It explains the importance of Middle Eastern migrants and descendants in the economic and political development of Central America, and how those social connections became central in many facets of Central American policies and ideologies. It also discusses how in the Twenty-First Century, especially in the countries of Honduras and El Salvador, Middle Eastern descendants have become the dominant political class.