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Thursday 02
December 2010 |
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Costa
Rica
President
Orders
More
Police
To
Nicaragua
Border
Presidenta
Chinchila
says
that
only
cowards
are
courageous
against
the
defenseless
Presidenta
Laura
Chinchilla
before
heading
for
Argentina
for the
Iberian-American Summit,
said she
will be
sending
specially
trained
police
to the
disputed
border
area
with
Nicaragua,
where
Nicaraguan
troops
continue
the
occupation
of the
Isla Calero
that
Costa
Rica
claims
its own.
Presidenta
Chinchilla
with the
ministro
de
Seguridad
(right)
at her
side
during a
press
conference
after
her
speech
on
Wednesday
commemorating
Costa
Rica's
abolishing
its army
in 1948
Chinchilla
also
stepped
up her
criticism
of
Ortega
and his
government,
said: "I
want to
remind 'esos
señores
del
norte"
(the
gentlemen
of the
north)
that
only 'cobardes'
(cowards)
are
courageous
against
the
defenseless",
without
mentioning
Ortega
by name,
in her
speech
during a
ceremony
of the
62nd
anniversary
of Costa
Rica
abolishing
its
army.
"See
don't
they do
this
in
Honduras...",
said
Chinchilla.
The
police
reinforcements
ordered
by
Chinchilla
are to
reinforce
the
mouths
of the
Colorado
and San
Carlos
rivers,
both in
Costa
Rica.
The
Tortuguero
canals
and the
areas of
Barra de
Colorado will
also see
more
police
presence.
During
her
speech,
the
presidenta
asked
the Ministero
Publico
to
accelerate
border
police
training
and
assured
that the
added
police
presence
does not
violate
the
resolutions
adopted
by the
OAS in
mid
November.
During
the
conflict,
Nicaraguan
president
Daniel
Ortega has
repeated
that the
troops
are
there to
stay
despite
an order
by the
Organization
of
American
States
(OAS), to
continue
their
anti
drug
smuggling
efforts
in the
area.
Costa
Rica
relies
on its
police
force
for
border
security,
public
order
and to
defend
national
sovereignty.
A
meeting
of the
Foreign
ministers
at the
OAS is
scheduled
for
December
7 and
Costa
Rica has
filed
charges
for
environmental
damage
against
Nicaragua
with the
International
Court at
The
Hague.
Ortega,
while
preparing
his
country's
defense
at the
International
Court,
has
continued
with his
troops
on the
disputed
territory
and
continued
dredging
operations
and
completed
the
creation
of a
canal to
diver
the San
Juan.
December
1 was
declared
Military
Abolition
Day in
1986 by
the
president
Oscar
Arias.
The day
is to
commemorate
Costa
Rica's
abolishing
of its
army in
1948 by
former
president
José
María
Figueres
Ferrer,
known to
Costa
Ricans
as Don
Pepe and
the
"father"
of Costa
Rica. |
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