Costa
Rica Can
Only
Wait For
January's
Court
Date In
Dealing
With
Nicaragua
Its been
almost
48 hours
since
the end
of the
meeting
of the
Foreign
Ministers
of the
Organization
of
American
States
(OAS)
and its
second
order
for
Nicaragua
to
remove
its
troops
from the
dispute
Isla
Calero.
So, what
is Costa
Rica to
do if
order is
not
heeded,
as is
expected?
OAS
Foreign Ministers meeting of
December 7, 2010. |
Not much
really,
save for
waiting
for the
international
political
pressure
to kick
in and
the
court
hearing
set for
January
11, 2011
at the
International
Court of
Justice
at The
Hague.
According
to Costa
Rica's
vice-chancellor,
Carlos
Roverssi,
Costa
Rica
will
wait out
the
International
Court
hearing
while
earning
support
from the
international
community.
"We are
making
significant
efforts
to press
other
countries
to
continue
pressing.
We do
not know
what
effect
it can
have. We
remain
hopeful
that
Nicaragua
will
react",
said
Roverssi.
The
International
Court
set the
date of
January
11,
2011,
for the
start of
the
hearings
on the
complaint
filed by
Costa
Rica,
against
Nicaragua
for
environmental
damage
to the
disputed
area and
the
military
incursion.
Costa
Rica is
hopeful
that the
International
Court
will
order an
injunction
against
Nicaragua
to stop
its
operations
in the
area up
to a
time
that the
Court
can hear
the case
in
complete.
Unlike
the OAS,
the
International
Court
has the
power to
decide
on
border
disputes.
Meanwhile,
Costa
Rica's
presidenta,
Laura
Chinchilla,
insists
that her
government
is
willing
to
negotiate
but on
the
condition
that
Nicaragua
remove
its
troops.
Nicaragua's
president,
Daniel
Ortega,
who has
been
quiet
during
the past
days
following
the
Wikileaks
reports
that say
he has
been
accepting
money
from
narcos
and his
pal,
Hugo
Chavez,
in
Venezuela,
said
last
week
that he
is
willing
to
negotiate
but not
with
conditions.
Yesterday,
presidenta
Chinchilla
cancelled
her
participation
in the
United
Nations
World
Climate
Conference
ongoing
in
Cancun,
Mexico,
sending
her
vice-president,
Alfio
Piva and
Foreign
Minister,
Rene
Castro.
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