Ortega’s invasion of a disputed area of land has its timing somewhat “fishy” and perhaps: payback. Around October 15, 2010 Costa Rica submitted a request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to step into the Colombia-Nicaragua maritime border dispute, saying that it affects the country’s interests in the Caribbean Sea. The [...]
The case was brought before the ICJ by Nicaragua on 6 December 2001 and what follows in the preliminary judgement that took place in December of 2007. Nicaragua argued that the dispute concerned inter alia the validity of the 1928 Treaty, the interpretation of the 1928 Treaty as regards the geographical scope of the San [...]
The dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica stems from an island located at the mouth of the San Juan River, which forms the border between the two countries. The dispute has been simmering for a month as a result of Nicaragua’s decision to send troops to the region. Several reasons have been put forward for [...]
Jaime Daremblum, who served as Costa Rica’s ambassador to the United States from 1998 to 2004 speaks out on what he calls Nicaragua occupation of Costa Rica land and cross border invasion by Nicaragua. Jaime has strong insight and one must wonder why there is not much political whining in the US whom is supposed [...]
Going to Iglesia La Soledad from Central Park Camino a la Iglesia La Soledad desde el Parque Central fotos antiguas de costa rica, fotos antiguas de cartago costa rica, FOTOS VIEJAS DE HEREDIA, Fotos viejas de San José, heredia antigua, iglesia turrialba, iglesias de san josé costa rica, parque central de san josé de costa [...]
Cartago, 1910 A gruesome photo of the Cartago cementary after the devastating 1910 earthquake. The men are carrying away corpses and bones that were unearthed because of the quake. The cloths wrapped around the faces help to stand the stench. On the right two men are showing a coffin that was destroyed, while a skeleton [...]
Turrialba, 1925 A sizable house belonging to an indigenous family in Talamanca. The building is made of bamboo sticks covered with coconut palm leaf, and a roof like this could last up to twenty years. The family is dressed in western clothes – there has never been a strong tradition of typical clothing among the [...]
Turrialba, 1925 Men on horseback at the banana plantation Chiz of Turrialba. The man in the center is probably the boss and looks like he may be from the United States. He is flanked by his supervisors who in turn ride along their assistants. They are standing on the rails of the train that transports [...]
Turrialba, 1925 Workers from the banana plantation “Atirro” are loading bananas onto a train for export to Europe or the United States. The bananas were exported complete with the stems, whereas nowadays the bananas are taken off the stems before the bananas are exported. Peones de la plantación de bananos “Atirro” halando el banano al [...]
Heredia, 1905 The coffee processing plant of the León family. In 1905 a new technique was introduced to load the dry coffee beans onto the wagons using the force of gravity. The coffee beans were transported from the processing plant to the customs facility at La Garita de Alajuela and from there they were taken [...]
This panoramic view towards the south of San José clearly demonstrates how the city is situated in a (central) valley surrounded by mountains (in this case Alajuelita and Desamparados). The dirt road is flanked by adobe houses painted with lime. All houses are covered with roof tiles (the bigger ones imported from Spain, the smaller [...]
Guadalupe, 1915 Typical well to do Costa Rican family, posing possibly on a Sunday in their best clothes. The policemen in the family are proudly wearing their official uniforms. Familia típica costarricense, bien acomodada y posando en sus mejores vestidos, posiblemente un domingo en 1915. Los policías se visten orgullosamente con sus trajes oficiales. guadalupe [...]
Colombian authorities said today that everything is ready for the XII Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Mechanism of Tuxtla Dialogue and Agreement to be held between Sunday and next Tuesday in Cartagena. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia indicated that President Felipe Calderón (Mexico), Alvaro Colom (Guatemala), Laura Chinchilla (Costa [...]
Laura Chinchilla says Costa Rica Nicaragua border conflict is an invasion of Costa Rica and that this is not a border dispute. Bringing in military personnel certainly concurs her statement.
Costa Rica has threatened to take its border dispute with Nicaragua to the United Nations and the International Court of Justice if no other solution is found.
Costa Rica and Nicaragua are at odds over a border dispute, with a 48-hour ultimatum issued by Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla on the issue set to expire Thursday.
