of Mestizo populations scattered throughout its territory.In El Salvador, Panama, and Nicaragua the Mestizo population is the majority. In Costa Rica the mestizo population is the first ethnic minority, although according to the surveys it is seen as the same group with the Whites, the majority of the population is made up of whites/mestizos. Europeans The first contact of Europeans with Central America occurred in 1502, during the fourth voyage of Christopher Columbus, who sailed the Caribbean coasts of present-day Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. After the conquest of the native population, the Spanish established a caste system in which they and their descendants occupied the upper part of the social pyramid. being the peninsular who had the right to high political, religious and military positions. It is for this reason that it was the Creoles who started the independence movements at the beginning of the 19th century. When Central America became independent in El Salvador they were more than 10 percent,In Costa Rica they were more than 9 percent,Guatemala and Nicaragua they represented 5 percent, in Honduras they represented less than 3 percent Liberal reforms began in 1870 in Central America, being successful in Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica, this attracted thousands of immigrants, mainly Italian, German and Spanish The construction of large infrastructure works such as the Panama Canal or the Atlantic Railroad in Costa Rica, demanded the entry of thousands of Spanish, Italian and Greek workers Germans also arrived in Costa Rica, Guatemala and Nicaragua to dedicate themselves to agricultural activities, In Costa Rica and El Salvador, the entry of hundreds of thousands of Italians in the first decades of the 20th century was one of the most important movements that had demographic weight. In the First and Second World War, thousands of Jews, mainly from Germany and Poland, entered the Region Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala were the ones that received the most. Currently Costa Rica has the highest percentage of people who enter the category of European or white origin, followed by El Salvador and Nicaragua, however there are also significant populations in the other Central American nations. Costa Rica: , most Costa Ricans are primarily of Spanish ancestry. Many also have German, Italian, French, Dutch, British, Swedish, and Greek ancestry. Europeans and mestizos together comprise 83% of the population. Europeans and castizos represent 65.8% of the total population). European migrants