Posted on 11/12/2010 7:31:23 AM PST by jy1297
The pressure for a peaceful solution to the Costa Rica - Nicaragua conflict is mounting. Costa Rica officials on Thursday accepted to extend the 4pm deadline at the recommendations of the Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América (ALBA). to delay taking action.
Costa Rica announced last night that it would give its northern neighbour another 24 hours to remove its troops from the Isla Calero, the small piece of land on the south side of the San Juan river, which Costa Rica claims its own.
The decision to delay is aimed at buying time for the politician on both sides to plan out their next move and reach a peaceful solution to what is being called "an alarming situation" by many.
Costa Rica's Foreign Minister, Rene Castro, in Washington for the sessions of the Organization of American States (OAS) and meetings and discussions with the foreign ministers of other member countries, said that waiting another day is his country's way of giving peace another chance.On Tuesday, in a special session being held near the conflict zone, Nicaragua's National Assembly categorically backed the government's strategy on its border dispute with Costa Rica. During the special session in the San Carlos municipality, the deputies unanimously approved a declaration giving "absolute and total" support to the approach of President Daniel Ortega's administration.
Meanwhile, the Nicaraguan army has not budged. Actually, reports early this morning (Friday) say that more Nicaraguan soldiers have been spotted on the island.
Late in the day Thursday, Costa Rican officials flew over the conflict zone confirmed that the Nicaraguan soldiers had not left the island, in fact the number of soldiers had increased and the number of camps was now three.
The pictures taken by the Ministerio de Seguridad Pública and the Dirección de Inteligencia y Seguridad Nacional (DIS) - Costa Rica's secret service - is different than the scene observed by the fly over on Monday by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, when Nicaragua had removed its flag on the island and no soldiers were in sight.
Being discussed by Costa Rican officials is a request to the OAS to expel Nicaragua, to sanctions to allowing armed troops of other countries defend Costa Rica's border, a situation being seen as very unlikely.
Costa Rican president, Laura Chinchilla, is optimistic that a peaceful resolution to the border conflict with Nicaragua can be found through dialogue.
Nicaragua's president, Daniel Ortega, continues defying Costa Rica's ultimatum and order by the OAS to remove his troops from the conflict zone.
Daniel Ortega's rise to power in Nicaragua was published widely and considered an important conflict during the Cold War. Ortega, a socialist revolutionary along with the FSLN, was regarded as a threat to the hemisphere's security by Ronald Reagan. (Source: Wikipedia)
Costa Rica announced last night that it would give its northern neighbour another 24 hours to remove its troops from the Isla Calero, the small piece of land on the south side of the San Juan river, which Costa Rica claims its own.
The decision to delay is aimed at buying time for the politician on both sides to plan out their next move and reach a peaceful solution to what is being called "an alarming situation" by many.
Costa Rica's Foreign Minister, Rene Castro, in Washington for the sessions of the Organization of American States (OAS) and meetings and discussions with the foreign ministers of other member countries, said that waiting another day is his country's way of giving peace another chance.On Tuesday, in a special session being held near the conflict zone, Nicaragua's National Assembly categorically backed the government's strategy on its border dispute with Costa Rica. During the special session in the San Carlos municipality, the deputies unanimously approved a declaration giving "absolute and total" support to the approach of President Daniel Ortega's administration.
Meanwhile, the Nicaraguan army has not budged. Actually, reports early this morning (Friday) say that more Nicaraguan soldiers have been spotted on the island.
Late in the day Thursday, Costa Rican officials flew over the conflict zone confirmed that the Nicaraguan soldiers had not left the island, in fact the number of soldiers had increased and the number of camps was now three.
The pictures taken by the Ministerio de Seguridad Pública and the Dirección de Inteligencia y Seguridad Nacional (DIS) - Costa Rica's secret service - is different than the scene observed by the fly over on Monday by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, when Nicaragua had removed its flag on the island and no soldiers were in sight.
Being discussed by Costa Rican officials is a request to the OAS to expel Nicaragua, to sanctions to allowing armed troops of other countries defend Costa Rica's border, a situation being seen as very unlikely.
Costa Rican president, Laura Chinchilla, is optimistic that a peaceful resolution to the border conflict with Nicaragua can be found through dialogue.
Nicaragua's president, Daniel Ortega, continues defying Costa Rica's ultimatum and order by the OAS to remove his troops from the conflict zone.
Daniel Ortega's rise to power in Nicaragua was published widely and considered an important conflict during the Cold War. Ortega, a socialist revolutionary along with the FSLN, was regarded as a threat to the hemisphere's security by Ronald Reagan. (Source: Wikipedia)
Which side has the leaner, meaner fighting machine?
Without knowing anything about either country (other than long-past history), I would guess it’s Nicaragua.
ping
I don’t think Costa Rica has an army?
Has there ever been a peaceful resolution when dealing with a tyrant? I can't think of one.
And you know Nicaragua has one. The only commie leader on earth who isn’t building up his own military is our own Beloved Dickhead.
And you know Nicaragua has one. The only commie leader on earth who isn’t building up his own military is our own Beloved Dickhead.
You could not have said it any clearer.
You are correct. All they have is a corrupt police force. And useless politicians that are useless thieves.
LOL--this is certainly one way to maintain pacifist bragging rights.
Without outside help, Costa Rica doesn’t have a chance.
The entire region is pro-communist, pro-Ortega, pro-Chavez, pro-Morales.
Brazil just elected a communist terrorist, Dilma Rousseau. The only remaining anti-communist country with the military might to push the Nicaraguan army back up the river is Columbia.
Given that the US sides with the communists these days, Columbia will go it alone, and probably have to contend with opposition from the US and Brazil.
If the Nicaraguan communists wanted it, they could take all of Costa Rica. I doubt anybody would do anything about it.
Not good, there are a lot of Americans living in Costa Rica - any US diplomatic help? Anything military? Hello, is this thing on......
***Not good, there are a lot of Americans living in Costa Rica - any US diplomatic help? Anything military? Hello, is this thing on......**
American citizens knew what they were getting into when they moved there.
That's like the doctor who gave his deadbeat patient 6 weeks to live and when the bill still wasn't paid, he gave him 6 more weeks.
Leni
What is comrade Ortega up to? Is there oil under that island?
The recent border dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua is a sign of an ambitious plan by Venezuela, Iran and Nicaragua to create a "Nicaragua Canal" linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans that would rival the existing Panama Canal.Often considered in the past and even more recently, such a canal would be technologically and economically difficult to build; due to the late season storms and hurricanes on the Caribbean side it would be difficult to use during much of the year. The Panama Canal is well below the latitude where such storms occur and the southern shipping routes in the Caribbean and the Atlantic from and to the Panama Canal make it relatively easy to avoid hurricanes. Still, if it were to be built it could give some rather unpleasant people a bigger role in the world's economy.
Costa Rica says that last week Nicaraguan troops entered its territory along the San Juan River – the border between the two nations. Nicaragua had been conducting channel deepening work on the river when the incident occurred.
Sources in Latin America have told Haaretz that the border incident and the military pressure on Costa Rica, a country without an army, are the first step in a plan formulated by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, with funding and assistance from Iran, to create a substitute for the strategically and economically important Panama Canal.
Nicaragua would get help from Venezuela, Cuba, and our friends in Moscow and Beijing who do lothe us.
All of the south shore of Lake Nicaragua plus a 45 mile long x 4 mile or so wide sliver of land south of Rio San Juan is Nicaragua territory from the eastern end of the lake shore, after which the river itself forms the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. I'm not sure of the incentive to build a rival canal when a ChiCom Consortium, Hutchinson-Wampoa, controls operations at the Panama Canal.
Ortega - Communist running dog imperialist.
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