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Sunday 28 November 2010 |
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Nicaragua
Disseminates
White
Paper
"Las
Verdades
Que
Costa
Rica
Oculta"
(The
Truths
Hidden
By Costa
Rica)
The
Government
of
Nicaragua
began
circulating
a white
paper on
"Las
Verdades
Que
Costa
Rica
Oculta"
(the
truths
that
Costa
Rica
hides)
in the
border
dispute
that
pits the
two
countries
for over
a month.
The
book, is
contains
76 pages
where
Managua
defends
his
position
on the
territorial
dispute
with the
neighboring
country,
said the
press
office
of the
Sandinista
Government
in a
statement
in
Managua.
The
first
lady of
Nicaragua
and
government
spokesperson,
Rosario
Murillo,
said in
remarks
published
today by
the
government
portal
"The 19"
that
this
book has
been
distributed
among
the
diplomatic
corps,
accredited
missions
and
agencies
in
Nicargua.
Murillo
said it
will
also be
circulated
within
the
United
Nations
and the
countries
of the
European
Union.
"The
idea is
to
circulate
the
White
Paper
through
all
international
forums
and
organizations,
as well
as among
countries
in Latin
America",
said the
presidential
spokesperson.
Murillo
said the
book
demonstrates
that
Nicaragua
"has
never
invaded
foreign
territory"
and that
being
the case
the
issue
with
Costa
Rica
clearly
a matter
of
limits,
and it
must be
clarified
in the
International
Court of
Justice
(ICJ) in
The
Hague.
The
president
of
Nicaragua,
Daniel
Ortega,
advanced
recently
that
"among
the
great
truths
contained
in the
book is
that
Costa
Rica has
refused
to the
demarcation
(the
border
limits)."
"Another
great
truth is
that
Costa
Rica,
which is
presented
as the
great
defender
of
nature
and the
environment,
has
plundered
and
completely
destroyed
the
area,
that's
another
great
truth
that is
in the
document,"
says
Ortega.
He
argued
that
other
truth is
that
Costa
Rica,
which
boasts
of
having
no armed
forces,
"actually
has an
army, as
the
originator
of this
conflict
and
Nicaraguan
territory
occupied
after
the war
(U.S.
filibuster
William
Walker)
in
1856."
Since
last
October
21,
Costa
Rica and
Nicaragua
hold a
sovereignty
dispute
over a
piece of
border
territory
in the
Caribbean.
Nicaragua
maintains
troops
in the
area and
continues
with the
dredging
of the
San Juan
river.
Costa
Rica
reported
to the
OAS, the
Court in
The
Hague
and the
Secretariat
of the
Ramsar
Conventions
the
"military
invasion"
of
Nicaragua
of the
Costa
Rican
Calero
Island,
as well
as
environmental
damage
in the
area
alleged
to be
caused
by the
dredging
that is
being
carried
out
since
last
October
18.
Costa
Rica
also
argues
that
Nicaragua
is
constructing
a canal
on Costa
Rican
territory
that
would
connect
the San
Juan
river to
the
Laguna
de Los
Portillos.
Managua,
meanwhile,
argues
that the
dredging
is being
done in
their
territory
based on
the
Jerez-CañasTreaty,
as well
as the
decision
of the
International
Court in
The
Hagueof
July 13,
2009.
Nicaragua
says
it's
military
is
performing
anti-drug
work in
the area
along
with the
dredging
operation.
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