The International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague has unanimously shot down four counterclaims filed by Nicaragua in the recently joined court cases over the border dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. In a press release published May 1,...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) this week decided to join the two cases concerning the border dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica “in conformity with the principle of the sound administration of justice and with the need for judicial...

(posted Feb. 27, 10:45 a.m.)- President Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo last night received the credentials of three new envoys to Nicaragua: Vatican Nuncio Furtunatus Nwachukwu, Venezuelan Ambassador José Javier Arrúe and Costa Rican Ambassador Javier Sancho Bonilla....

(posted Feb. 20, 2:35 p.m.)- The ongoing border tiff between Nicaragua and Costa Rica continues to hamper Central American integration efforts as Sandinista President Daniel Ortega pulled a no-show at today’s Central American presidential summit in San José. The summit,...

(posted Jan. 21)- A new study by Nicaraguan investigators finds that the newly constructed Costa Rican highway (Juan Rafael Mora Porras Highway—Route 1856) paralleling Nicaragua’s San Juan River is affecting the natural habitat of some 600 species of animals. “The...

(posted Dec. 10, 2:00 p.m.)- Nicaragua’s newest river-dredging machine, which was christened the “Doña Laura” in mock homage to Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla, has been given a more diplomatically correct name at the behest of President Daniel Ortega. Edén...

(posted Aug. 6, 1:40 p.m.)- In an effort to normalize diplomatic relations between neighboring countries, Costa Rica today swore in veteran diplomat Javier Sancho as the country’s new ambassador to Nicaragua, according to Costa Rica’s Foreign Ministry. Costa Rica has...

(posted March 1, 6:00 p.m.)- Costa Rica’s foreign ministry denies Nicaragua media reports that Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega are planning to meet along the border this week to discuss bilateral relations. Report of the...

President Daniel Ortega and Japanese Ambassador Jiro Shibasaki trekked to the Río San Juan Wednesday afternoon to lay the ceremonial cornerstone to the $30 million, Japanese-funded Santa Fé Bridge, which will cross the Nicaraguan river and connect to Costa Rica....

(posted Jan. 30, 3:30 p.m.)-Over the course of the past year, the government of Nicaragua has sent 3,600 Sandinista Youth (JS) to the southern border to occupy a spit of disputed territory and plant trees along the banks the Río...