Contadora

[ kon-tuh-dawr-uh ]

noun

1. Contadora Group.

adjective

1. Also of, relating to, or characteristic of the Contadora Group.

Example Sentences

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.

From Wall Street Journal

On Feb. 19, 2017, the couple exchanged vows before 122 guests at Susana’s family home on Contadora Island in Panama.

From Washington Post

He sobered up on a helicopter ride from Panama City to the island of Contadora where Greene interviewed him over rum punches on the beach under a palm tree.

From Reuters

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