Honduras
This is the capital of Honduras.
What is Tegucigalpa?
This is the capital city of Nicaragua.
What is Managua?
This is the capital of El Salvador.
What is San Salvador?
This is the capital city of Guatemala.
What is Guatemala City?
This is the capital of Costa Rica.
What is San José?
This Honduran dish, made with a flour tortilla, beans, and cheese, is one of its most famous foods.
What is a baleada?
This traditional rice-and-beans dish is a staple for breakfast in Nicaragua.
What is Gallo Pinto?
This stuffed corn dough dish, often filled with cheese and beans, is the national dish of El Salvador.
What are pupusas?
This Mayan-inspired dish of tamales wrapped in banana leaves is eaten during Christmas.
What are tamales colorados?
Costa Ricans are affectionately called this nickname.
What are Ticos (or Ticas)?
Hondurans often call themselves this nickname.
What are Catrachos?
This dish, whose name means “old Indian,” is made with shredded beef, corn masa, and naranja agria.
What is Indio Viejo?
Salvadorans often refer to themselves with this nickname.
What are Guanacos?
Guatemalans often call themselves this nickname.
What are Chapines?
This Costa Rican goalkeeper gained international fame playing for Real Madrid.
Who is Keylor Navas?
This festival, celebrated December 14–21, honors Santo Tomás.
What is the Fiesta de Santo Tomás?
This famous Nicaraguan pitcher played 14 years in Major League Baseball and appeared in the 2002 All-Star Game.
Who is Vicente Padilla?
This Independence Day is shared with Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.
What is September 15?
This traditional language, still widely spoken in Guatemala, is part of the Mayan family.
What is K’iche’?
This slang word in Costa Rica means “cool.”
What is tuanis?
This Honduran futbolista suffered a shocking knee injury in 2015 but returned as an inspiring story.
Who is Luis Garrido?
Celebrated on December 7, this religious festival honors the Virgin Mary.
What is La Purísima?
This Salvadoran-American writer became internationally famous for the novel The Other Side: Stories of Central American Teen Refugees.
Who is Juan Pablo Villalobos?
This volcanic lake is surrounded by Mayan villages and considered one of the most beautiful in the world.
What is Lake Atitlán?
This astronaut of Costa Rican descent is a member of the NASA Hall of Fame.
Who is Franklin Chang Díaz?