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Sunday 07
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Nicaragua
Asks
Google
NOT To
Change
Its Map
On
Border
With
Costa
Rica
Nicaragua
is
asking
the
internet
giant
Google
not to
change
its maps
with
respect
Isla
Calero
while it
continues
its
border
dispute
with
Costa
Rica and
the
dredging
of the
San Juan
river.
The
request
came
from
Nicaragua's
foreign
minister,
Samuel
Santos,
in a
letter
sent to
Jeffrey
Hardy at
Google,
a copy
of which
was made
available
to the
press.
The
Nicaraguan
request
is based
on
arguments
made
earlier
this
week by
Eden
Pastora
"commander
cero",
in
charge
of the
dredging
operations,
relying
on
Google
Maps to
identify
the
border,
resulting
in an
international
dispute
that is
currently
before
the
Organization
of
American
States
(OAS).
In his
letter,
Foreign
Minister
Santos
confirms
the
request
to
Google
by the
executive
director
of the
Nicaraguan
Institute
of
Territorial
Studies
(INET),
Alejandro
Rodriguez,
in
charge
of the
official
maps of
Nicaragua,
not to
accept
an
alleged
request
from
Costa
Rica to
change
the
border
between
both
countries
in their
satellite
mapping
service.
"This
letter
is to
confirm
and
reiterate
the
official
request
of Dr.
Rodriguez
made on
behalf
of
Ineter
to not
accept
the
request
that
Costa
Rica has
to do,
or can
do to
amend
the line
of the
border
with
Nicaragua
that
appears,
and has
been
popping
up on
Google
maps,"
noted
Foreign
Minister
Santos
in the
letter.
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