(AFP). The presidents of the Central American countries and the Dominican Republic agreed on Friday to create a single currency and agreed a "plan of urgent measures" to tackle the financial crisis, which is contemplating to create a credit pool and stimulate intra-regional trade.
The leaders, who commissioned the preparation of the single currency project to their ministers of finance, signed the statement at the end of their summit in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. There were no details given about the name or when do they plan to adopt the new currency.
The leaders agreed to "promote the necessary actions to deepen the formation of a regional identity that gives citizens a sense of ownership and belonging to Central America, a united region. They plan to improve the issuance of a Central American passport, adoption of the Central American currency as the unit of exchange.
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