AMACZOOA

Mesoamerican and Caribbean Association of Zoos and Aquariums was founded 1988 in La Aurora (Guatemala) - originally as a AMAZOO (Asociación Mesoamericana de Zoológicos). From 1994, it was transferred to San José (Costa Rica), where it is still based. In the past, it associated zoological gardens and aquariums of many Central American countries - Belize, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. However currently only from Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua and El Salvador.