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Monday 10 January 2011 |
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Nicaragua
Adding
Dredgers
To
Complete
Canal
Nicaragua
is
working
at full
speed to
complete
the
dredging
of the
San Juan
river
and the
construction
of a
canal, a
situation
which
Costa
Rica
says is
a
serious
risk of
irreversible
environmental
damage
to the
area.
According
to the
Nicaraguan
daily,
La
Prensa,
the
government
of
Daniel
Ortega
hopes to
have
ready by
February
another
three
dredgers,
bringing
the
total of
machines
in the
area to
4.
In an
interview
with
Eden
Pastora,
the
Nicaraguan
official
in
charge
of the
task,
the
additional
machines
will
reduce
the
dregding
time
from
four
years to
one. The
so
called "Comandante
Zero"
stated
that the
reactions
of Costa
Rica
have not
generated
any
delay in
the
cleaning
of the
river.
Costa
Rica's
vice-chancellor,
Carlos
Roverssi,
said
this is
a clear
demonstration
of
"bullying"
by
Ortega,
which is
fine as
long as
it does
not
affect
Costa
Rica in
any way.
The
Prensa,
in the
same
text,
says
Costa
Rica has
begun a
series
of
offensives
against
Nicaragua
days
before
the
hearings
at the
International
Court of
Justice
in The
Hague.
The
hearings
start
tomorrow,
January
11 and
expected
to
conclude
on
Thursday,
though
it may
be weeks
before a
decision
is
given.
The
"offensive"
remark
by La
Prensa
is in
reference
to Costa
Rica's
action
of
building
a
network
of
helipads
and the
installation
of
fences
to
control
access
to three
rivers
in the
border
and the
opening
of roads
that
give
access
by road
to the
northern
Caribbean
region
for the
first
time.
The La
Prensa
did not
comment
on the
international
arrest
warrant
by Costa
Rica of
Pastora.
The
fiscal
de
Pococí
de Limón
filed
charges
of
damaging
the
environment
against
Pastora
and has
asked
the
international
police,
INTERPOL,
to take
action.
The
arrest
warrant
is not
valid in
Nicaragua.
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