Contadora
Americannoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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Mr. Betancur established a distance education system, led literacy efforts that were credited with cutting the country’s illiteracy rate from 20 percent to about 8 percent, and was a leading sponsor of the Contadora Group, a coalition of Latin American nations that unsuccessfully sought to end conflicts in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala.
From Washington Post
The toppled Shah of Iran spent some time on the Panamanian island of Contadora before moving on to Egypt.
On Feb. 19, 2017, the couple exchanged vows before 122 guests at Susana’s family home on Contadora Island in Panama.
From Washington Post
In the 20th century it was known for being the interlocutor between the U.S. and Cuba, and for heading the Contadora Group of Latin nations that helped broker peace during the Central American civil wars of the 1980s.
From Time
I am all for the Contadora process and that kind of thing; but diplomacy without power is simply impotent.
From Time Magazine Archive
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