Central American leaders analyze crisis

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Leaders participating include the presidents of Costa Rica, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and Panama and the Prime Ministers of Belize and Guyana.

According to the executive director of Caribbean-Central American Action (CCAA), Anton Edmunds, the somber scene generated by the economic crisis in the US affects key sectors in the Caribbean Basin and Central America.

Source: elsalvador.com

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