United States presidential visits to Central America
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Eleven United States presidents and three presidents-elect have made thirty-four presidential visits to Central America. The first visit by an incumbent president to a country in Central America was made in 1906 by Theodore Roosevelt. The trip, to Panama, was the first international presidential trip in U.S. history, and signaled the start of a new era in how presidents conducted diplomatic relations with other countries.[1] In 1928, Herbert Hoover, during the time when he was president-elect, visited the region during his historic “good will” trip, to Central and South America.[2][3] Of the seven countries in the region, Belize is the only one not as of yet visited by an American president.
Contents
Costa Rica
President | Dates | Location | Notes |
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Herbert Hoover[4] | November 28, 1928 | San José | Met with President Cleto González Víquez. (Visit made as President-elect.)[5][6] |
John F. Kennedy | March 18–20, 1963 | Attended Conference of Presidents of the Central American Republics.[7] | |
Lyndon B. Johnson | July 8, 1968 | Informal visit; met with President José Joaquín Trejos Fernández.[8] | |
Ronald Reagan | December 3–4, 1982 | Official working visit; met with President Luis Alberto Monge and President Álvaro Magaña of El Salvador.[9] | |
George H. W. Bush | October 27–28, 1989 | Attended Hemispheric Summit Meeting.[10] | |
Bill Clinton | May 7–9, 1997 | Attended a Summit Meeting of Presidents of the Central American Republics.[11] | |
Barack Obama | May 3–4, 2013 | Met with President Laura Chinchilla and leaders of the Central American Integration System.[12] |
El Salvador
President | Dates | Locations | Notes |
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Herbert Hoover[4] | November 26, 1928 | Cutuco | Met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Francisco Martínez Suárez. (Visit made as President-elect.)[5] |
Lyndon B. Johnson | July 8, 1968 | San Salvador | Attended meeting of the Presidents of Central American Republics.[8] |
Bill Clinton | March 10, 1999 | Met with President Armando Calderón Sol and Addressed the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador.[11] | |
George W. Bush | March 24, 2002 | Attended a summit meeting with Central American heads of state.[13] | |
Barack Obama | March 22–23, 2011 | Met with President Mauricio Funes.[12] |
Guatemala
President | Dates | Locations | Notes |
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Lyndon B. Johnson | July 8, 1968 | Guatemala City | Informal visit; met with President Julio César Méndez Montenegro.[8] |
Bill Clinton | March 10–11, 1999 | Guatemala City, Antigua |
Attended Central American Summit.[11] |
George W. Bush | March 11–12, 2007 | Guatemala City, Santa Cruz del Quiché, Santa Cruz Balanyá, Iximche |
Informal visit; met with President Óscar Berger. Visited Iximche archaeological site.[13] |
Honduras
President | Dates | Locations | Notes |
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Herbert Hoover[4] | November 26, 1928 | Amapala | Met with President-elect Vicente Mejía Colindres and Foreign Minister Augusto Coello. (Visit made as President-elect.)[5] |
Lyndon B. Johnson | July 8, 1968 | San Pedro Sula | Informal visit; met with President Oswaldo López Arellano.[8] |
Ronald Reagan | December 4, 1982 | San Pedro Sula | Official working visit; met with President Roberto Suazo Córdova and with Guatemalan President Efraín Ríos Montt.[9] |
Bill Clinton | March 8–9, 1999 | Soto Cano Air Base, Tegucigalpa |
Discussed reconstruction aid with President Carlos Roberto Flores; addressed U.S. military personnel.[11] |
Nicaragua
President | Dates | Locations | Notes |
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Herbert Hoover[4] | November 27, 1928 | Corinto | Met with President Adolfo Díaz and President-elect José María Moncada. (Visit made as President-elect.)[14] |
Lyndon B. Johnson | July 8, 1968 | Managua | Informal visit; met with President Anastasio Somoza Debayle.[8] |
Bill Clinton | March 8, 1999 | Managua, Posoltega, El Porvenir |
Discussed reconstruction aid with President Arnoldo Alemán and visited the El Porvenir Maya city site.[11] |
Panama
President | Dates | Locations | Notes |
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Theodore Roosevelt | November 14–17, 1906 | Colón, Panama City |
Inspected Panama Canal construction.[15] |
William Howard Taft | January 29 – February 7, 1909 |
Colón, Panama City |
Inspected Panama Canal construction and met with President José Domingo de Obaldía. (Visit made as President-elect.)[16] |
Warren G. Harding | November 24, 1920 | Colón, Baihos |
Informal visit to Panama Canal Zone. (Visit made as President-elect.)[17] |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | July 11–12, 1934 | Panama City | Informal visit.[18] |
October 16, 1935 | Balboa | Informal visit with President Harmodio Arias Madrid.[18] | |
August 4–5, 1938 | Informal visit with President Juan Demóstenes Arosemena.[18] | ||
February 27, 1940 | Cristóbal, Balboa |
Met informally with President Augusto Samuel Boyd.[18] | |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | July 21–23, 1956 | Panama City | Attended a meeting of the Presidents of the American Republics.[19] |
Jimmy Carter | June 16–17, 1978 | Invited by President Demetrio B. Lakas and General Omar Torrijos to sign protocol confirming exchange of documents ratifying the Panama Canal treaties. Also met informally with Presidents Carlos Andrés Pérez of Venezuela, Alfonso López Michelsen of Colombia, José López Portillo of Mexico, Rodrigo Carazo Odio of Costa Rica, and Prime Minister Michael Manley of Jamaica.[20] | |
George H. W. Bush | June 11, 1992 | Met with President Guillermo Endara and delivered public addresses.[10] | |
George W. Bush | November 6–7, 2005 | Met with President Martín Torrijos.[13] | |
Barack Obama | April 10–11, 2015 | Attended the 7th Summit of the Americas.[21] |
See also
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- Belize–United States relations
- Costa Rica–United States relations
- El Salvador–United States relations
- Guatemala–United States relations
- Honduras–United States relations
- Nicaragua–United States relations
- Panama–United States relations
- Latin America–United States relations
- Foreign policy of the United States
- Foreign relations of the United States
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