COSTA
RICA -
NICARAGUA
CONFLICT
New Map
Of
Nicaragua
Includes
Disputed
Area
With
Costa
Rica
Nicaragua
has
released
a new
map that
includes
as part
of
national
territory
in the
Caribbean
area of
the Isla
Calero
or
Harbour
Head as
it is
known in
Nicaragua,
that
Costa
Rica
considers
its own
the
subject
of a
dispute
between
the two
countries.
The new
map was
published
online
by the
Instituto
Nicaragüense
de
Estudios
Territoriales
(Ineter),
which
includes
as
Nicaraguan
territory
the area
claimed
by Costa
Rica and
at the
centre
of the
conflict
between
the
neighbouring
countries.
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The
Ineter
indicated
that
this is
the
"latest
map" of
Nicaragua,
but at
the same
time
clarified
that it
is a a
"school
version".
The
unofficial
publication
of the
map show
Harbour
Head as
part of
the
mouth of
the San
Juan
River in
the
southeast
of
Nicaragua
Costa
Rica has
accused
Nicaragua
before
the
International
Court of
Justice
in The
Hague (ICJ),
in
violation
of its
territorial
sovereignty
by
maintaining
troops
in an
area
that San
José
says he
is Costa
Rican
territory,
considered
by
Managua
as
theirs.
Last
month
before
the ICJ
Nicaragua
maintained
that its
troops
have
never
invaded
Costa
Rica and
the
conflict
that
Costa
Rica is
facing
of a
border
nature.
"We have
learned
that
they
(Nicaraguans)
have
their
own map
that
shows
their
clear
intentions
to
change
the
border
and
seize
Costa
Rican
territory",
said
Costa
Rica's
vice
chancellor,
Carlos
Roverssi.
Maps of
Nicaragua
before
the
conflict
started
last
October,
included
the
caveat
that
they had
sites
like
Harbour
Head,
where
the
border
was not
defined
physically,
although
included
in
historical
documents.
Roverssi
added
that
Nicaragua
want to
show a
double
side
with the
alleged
withdrawl
of its
troops
from the
conflict
zone and
adding
the
island
in the
preparation
of maps.
The
vice-chancellor
called
the move
"typical
arrogance
of the
Ortega
government
and
demonstration
of no
change
in their
attitude".
To see
the map
go to:
http://www.ineter.gob.ni/images/stories/mapas/harbor-head/pdf/topog-50k.pdf
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