Doppelgangers – Central America

Same story as last week. Central America, when it broke free from Spain, was originally a single country. It favored three horizontal stripes of blue, white, and blue. As did all of these guys …


Nicaragua

I’m including this one first as it’s the closest to the flag of that original Central American nation. 


El Salvador

That’s it? Really? Wow.

You know, El Salvador used to have something quite distinct:

Why did they have to change?


Honduras

Well, it’s longer and has some stars on it. Guess that’ll just have to do.

That said, there’s something about this one that always drove me crazy … Why are the stars so widely separated? Here’s my redo:

Heck, you could even make the whole thing shorter.


Guatemala

Hey, horizontal stripes! Well played, Guatemala, well played.

Alternates

So, how about this one:

Or this:

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