Nicaraguan Military Post Sparks New Complaint With International Court

January 17 2017

Costa Rica

The Costa Rican government has filed a complaint at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, denouncing the presence of a Nicaraguan military post on its territory, reports the Tico Times (Costa Rica).

The complaint that was filed Monday accuses Nicaragua of occupying a beach on Isla Calero in northeastern Costa Rica in November 2016, said Costa Rican Foreign Minister Manuel Gonzalez, as reported by Reuters.

That largely uninhabited area is the site of a historic...

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