Borders: Central America and International Law

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In Nicaragua, conservationists are denouncing Costa Rica for environmental damage they claim has been caused by a newly constructed national defense border highway. Meanwhile, Costa Rica protests what it calls the “invasion and occupation” of its territory by members of Nicaragua’s Sandinista Youth movement. At the same time, Colombia and Nicaragua are feuding over their maritime borders. In mid-March, Nicaragua even sent a gunboat to the Gulf of Fonseca—a...

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