Editing Central America (section)

=== Foreign relations ===
{{See also|Sino-Latin America relations}}
Until recently,{{when|date=January 2019}} all Central American countries maintained diplomatic relations with [[Taiwan]] instead of China. President [[Óscar Arias]] of Costa Rica, however, established diplomatic relations with China in 2007, severing formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan.<ref name=TCNYT /> After breaking off relations with the Republic of China in 2017, Panama established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. In August 2018, El Salvador also severed ties with Taiwan to formally start recognizing the People's Republic of China as sole China, a move many considered lacked transparency due to its abruptness and reports of the Chinese government's desires to invest in the department of La Union while also promising to fund the ruling party's reelection campaign.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/world/asia/taiwan-el-salvador-china.amp.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/world/asia/taiwan-el-salvador-china.amp.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited | title=White House Criticizes China over el Salvador Recognition| newspaper=The New York Times| date=24 August 2018| last1=Ramzy| first1=Austin}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The President of El Salvador, [[Nayib Bukele]], broke diplomatic relations with Taiwan and established ties with [[China]]. On 9 December 2021, Nicaragua resumed relations with the PRC.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nicaragua cuts ties with Taiwan and pivots to China |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/10/nicaragua-cuts-ties-with-taiwan-and-pivots-to-china |work=The Guardian |date=10 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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