{"id":257,"date":"2016-02-15T10:55:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T16:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elsalvadorembassy.orderofmalta.int\/?post_type=news&#038;p=257"},"modified":"2025-06-11T10:57:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T16:57:58","slug":"order-of-malta-sica-strengthen-cooperation-central-american-development","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/elsalvadorembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/order-of-malta-sica-strengthen-cooperation-central-american-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Sovereign Order of Malta and SICA Strengthen Cooperation for Central American Development"},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-257","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_tags-sica"],"acf":{"hidden_news":"no","evidence":"yes","focus_on":"no","breaking":"yes","news_cover":{"id":240,"url":"https:\/\/elsalvadorembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2025\/06\/Fra-Matthew-Festing-SICA-El-salvador-Feb-2016.jpg"},"news_content":"<p data-start=\"196\" data-end=\"500\">In the framework of the Grand Master\u2019s State Visit to El Salvador, Fra\u2019 Matthew Festing met on 15 February with Dr. Victoria Marina Vel\u00e1squez de Avil\u00e9s, Secretary General of the Central American Integration System (SICA), at the organization\u2019s headquarters.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"853\">During the meeting, the Grand Master highlighted the Order&#8217;s support for SICA\u2019s mission of regional integration, describing it as a path toward peace, development and the promotion of human rights. Dr. Vel\u00e1squez de Avil\u00e9s expressed her appreciation for the visit and acknowledged the Order\u2019s long-standing presence across all eight SICA member states.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"855\" data-end=\"1020\">Both parties agreed to work on a joint action plan to identify areas of mutual interest, particularly in health care, elderly care, and humanitarian crisis response.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1022\" data-end=\"1321\">The Sovereign Order of Malta was officially recognized as an extra-regional observer of SICA in November 2015, strengthening its role as a committed partner in supporting regional cooperation across Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Belize, and the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n","news_gallery":"no","news_excerpt":"Fra\u2019 Matthew Festing met on 15 February with Dr. Victoria Marina Vel\u00e1squez de Avil\u00e9s, Secretary General of the Central American Integration System (SICA), at the organization\u2019s headquarters."},"news_categories":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elsalvadorembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elsalvadorembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elsalvadorembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elsalvadorembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elsalvadorembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}