Central American Integration System

by Ioannis Papageorgiou Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

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Table of contents

1. Introduction

2. The history of regional integration in Central America

3. The contemporary system of regional integration

3.1. The first regional institution: the Central American Parliament
3.2. The reorganisation of the integration system: the creation of the SICA

4. The institutional structure of the SICA

5. Integration in Central America today: political stagnation and institutional conflict

6. Regional integration in the 21st century

6.1. The new role for the Parlacen
6.2. The role of the Court of Justice

7. Is SICA a democratic international institution? An analysis of the SICA on the basis of the IDW qualitative macro-indicators

7.1. Appointment of its officials
7.2. Legitimacy of the institutions
7.3. Democracy at national level
7.4. Supranationalism

8. Conclusions