12 September 2025

El Salvador Vice President Félix Ulloa believes it is not the best time to talk about regional integration given that a new Sistema para la Integración Centroamericana (SICA) general secretary has not been agreed upon. Nicaraguan lawyer Werner Vargas resigned in November 2023, having been elected for the 2022-2026 period. Since then, countries have been unable to agree upon a successor. Ulloa also criticised Parlacen, the Central American Parliament which El Salvador recently announced it would withdraw from. Nicaragua also withdrew from the Central American Court of Justice. El Salvador proposed plans to make Parlacen part of a European Union integration.

Source: Central America Briefing | Vol 13, Issue 16