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Wednesday 24 November 2010 |
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Nicaragua's
Legislature
Approves
Budget
For
Dredging
and
Legal
Defense
Nicaragua's
legislators
on
Tuesday
approved
the
government
spending
of an
additional
20
million
Córdobas
(us$1
million
dollars)
to
continue
the
dredging
of the
San Juan
river.
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In
addition
the
Asamblea
de
Nicaragua
approved
spending
us$500.000
dollars
for the
government
to take
Costa
Rica to
the
International
Court of
Justice
at The
Hague in
the
border
dispute.
Legislator
Walmaro
Gutiérrez
told the
press
that the
funds
are to
defend
Nicaragua's
position
and that
the
funds
will
come
from
cost
cutting
in the
Presidencia
(President's
office),
the
Ministero
de
Hacienda
(Finance
Ministry),
the
Instituto
Nicaragüense
de
Turismo
(Tourism
ministry)
and the
Consejo
Supremo
Electoral
(Elections
Tribunal),
among
others.
Last
week
Costa
Rica
filed a
suit
with the
International
Court
against
Nicaragua
for
environmental
damage
to its
territory,
the Isla
Calero
which is
at the
centre
of
dispute
between
the two
countries>
Costa
Rica
claims
the
Calero
as its
own. So
does
Nicaragua
and as
such has
begun
the
construction
of a
canal to
change
the flow
of the
river to
the
Caribbean
Sea.
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