Florida jurisdictions often partner with foreign cities through Sister Cities International, an organization whose goal is to "promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation".
[1] Sister cities interact with each other across a broad range of activities, from health care and education to business and the arts.
[2] Partnerships can be active, inactive (no actions taken from any of the partners for some time) or officially canceled.
Examples of canceled partnerships are Hialeah-Managua and West Miami-León, Nicaragua, canceled because of political differences during the Sandinista regime;[4] Hollywood-San Salvador, canceled as a protest against the Salvadoran Civil War;[5] and Boca Raton-Spandau Borough, Berlin.
The year listed will be the first date that the relationship is mentioned in media articles.