claim: The Thin Red Line (1998 film) features Jim Caviezel portraying Pvt. Robert Witt.
evidence: The Federal Republic of Central America -LRB- Republica Federal de Centroamerica -RRB- , also called the United Provinces of Central America -LRB- Provincias Unidas del Centro de America -RRB- in its first year of creation , was a sovereign state in Central America , which consisted of the territories of the former Captaincy General of Guatemala of New Spain .. sovereign state. sovereign state. Central America. Central America. Captaincy General of Guatemala. Captaincy General of Guatemala. New Spain. New Spain. Guatemala. Guatemala. It existed from September 1821 to 1841 , and was a republican democracy .. republican democracy. republican democracy. It is also sometimes incorrectly referred to in English as the United States of Central America .. Central America. Central America. English. English language. The republic consisted of the present-day states of Guatemala , El Salvador , Honduras , Nicaragua , and Costa Rica .. Guatemala. Guatemala. El Salvador. El Salvador. Honduras. Honduras. Nicaragua. Nicaragua. Costa Rica. Costa Rica. -LRB- Panama was part of Bolivar 's Republica de Colombia in 1821 , Belize later became a British colony in 1862 . -RRB-. Panama. Panama. Republica de Colombia. Gran Colombia. Belize. Belize. British colony. British Honduras. In the 1830s , an additional sixth state was added -- Los Altos , with its capital in Quetzaltenango -- occupying parts of what are now the western highlands of Guatemala and Chiapas state in southern Mexico .. Guatemala. Guatemala. Los Altos. Los Altos, Central America. Quetzaltenango. Quetzaltenango. Chiapas. Chiapas. Mexico. Mexico. Maps and borders hardly existed at the time so locations are only approximate .. Shortly after Central America declared independence from the Spanish Empire , some of its countries were annexed by the First Mexican Empire in 1821 and then Central America formed the Federal Republic in 1823 .. Spanish Empire. Spanish Empire. First Mexican Empire. First Mexican Empire. Spanish. Spanish language. Central America. Central America. annexed. Annexation. From 1838 to 1840 the federation descended into civil war , with conservatives fighting against liberals and separatists fighting to secede .. civil war. civil war. Without a sustained struggle for independence to cement a sense of national identity , the various political factions were unable to overcome their ideological differences and the federation dissolved after a series of bloody conflicts .