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Nicaraguan who fought under Sandino dies at 111

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 15:48:26 +0000

Hector Gaitan, a railway telegraph operator who fought under Nicaragua's national hero Augusto Cesar Sandino and the Salvadoran leader Farabundo Marti, died on Monday, his family said. He was 111.

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Costa Rican aircraft with cocaine aboard found abandoned in Nicaragua after apparent crash

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:00:20 +0000

A Costa Rican aircraft, tail number TI-ATR, was found abandoned in a canal Wednesday near the small village of Los Lirios near Puerto Morazán in Nicaragua, with a load of cocaine onboard, according to initial reports by Costa Rican civil aviation authorities and Nicaraguan media outlets.

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Indigenous groups in Nicaragua complain of pressure to accept canal

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 12:00:01 +0000

Indigenous authorities of the Rama-Kriol Territorial Government in Nicaragua complain they are under pressure to give the interoceanic canal project their approval.

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Nicaragua’s long-dormant Momotombo volcano erupts for second time in a month

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 17:32:09 +0000

Nicaragua’s Momotombo volcano, which had been dormant for 110 years before waking from its slumber with a violent eruption last month, erupted for a second time before dawn on Sunday morning, according to the Nicaraguan Institute for Territorial Studies.

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Nicaragua to Pope Francis: We welcome dialogue with Costa Rica

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:01:10 +0000

The government of Nicaragua said on Monday that it stands at “full readiness” for dialogue with Costa Rica as called for by Pope Francis on Sunday.

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Nicaragua proposes that the United States airlift Cubans stranded in Costa Rica

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 19:03:32 +0000

The Nicaraguan government said that the United States should airlift more than 5,000 Cuban migrants stranded in Costa Rica to US soil during a summit of the Central American Integration System, or SICA, in El Salvador on Friday which failed to reach a consensus on how to deal with the crisis.

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Pope Francis calls for Costa Rica and Nicaragua to seek harmony

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 14:00:39 +0000

Pope Francis called for harmony between Costa Rica and its northern neighbor, Nicaragua on Sunday while addressing pilgrims and tourists gathered beneath the window of the Papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace to pray the Angelus with him on the 4th Sunday of Advent.

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Nicaragua says it accepts and will abide by ICJ ruling over border dispute

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 22:19:02 +0000

The Nicaraguan government said Wednesday that it acknowledges and will abide by the decision of the International Court of Justice at The Hague putting an end to two border disputes with Costa Rica, decisions that recognize Costa Rican sovereignty over Isla Portillos.

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UN High Court: Nicaragua must compensate Costa Rica for territory violations

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 22:14:08 +0000

Nicaragua violated Costa Rica's sovereign territory by establishing a military presence in parts of a disputed waterway, and must compensate its neighbor, the United Nations' highest court said Wednesday.

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Costa Rica celebrates legal victory in border spat with Nicaragua

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 19:39:42 +0000

Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis on Wednesday expressed his satisfaction with the "forcefulness" of the ruling issued by the International Court of Justice at The Hague finding that Nicaragua violated Costa Rican sovereignty.

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