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Costa Rica two years ago broke off ties with Taiwan in favor of China and observers have questioned whether its neighbors will follow suit.
Panama's president-elect, Ricardo Martinelli, has said that relations with Taiwan needed "serious analysis," and that he was not interested in "checkbook" relations.
In Central America, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Panama still belong to a group of only 23 nations that formally recognize Taipei over Beijing, following their split in 1949 after a civil war.
Ma was to take part bilateral talks with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom, and to visit Mayan pyramids in the Tikal National Park on Saturday.
Ma will take part in the presidential inauguration of Mauricio Funes in El Salvador on Monday, where he will also separately meet the presidents of Honduras and Nicaragua, before returning home on June 4, via Seattle.
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Panama's president-elect, Ricardo Martinelli, has said that relations with Taiwan needed "serious analysis," and that he was not interested in "checkbook" relations.
In Central America, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Panama still belong to a group of only 23 nations that formally recognize Taipei over Beijing, following their split in 1949 after a civil war.
Ma was to take part bilateral talks with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom, and to visit Mayan pyramids in the Tikal National Park on Saturday.
Ma will take part in the presidential inauguration of Mauricio Funes in El Salvador on Monday, where he will also separately meet the presidents of Honduras and Nicaragua, before returning home on June 4, via Seattle.
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