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Nicaragua: no oil concessions in Seaflower

Nicaragua: no oil concessions in Seaflower

(posted Dec. 6, 8:00 a.m.)- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega last night promised his government will protect the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve at the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina and will not grant any oil concessions in area. “Nicaragua...
December 6, 2012 · 2 Comments


Nicaraguan fishermen report harassment at sea

Nicaraguan fishermen report harassment at sea

Nicaraguan fishing boat captains on the Caribbean Sea say they are “fishing with fear” among Colombian warships that continue to ply Nicaragua’s recently recovered waters beyond the 82nd meridian. But they insist they are doing their patriotic duty to exert...
December 3, 2012 · 3 Comments


Santos: nobody wants war

Santos: nobody wants war

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos met Saturday morning in Mexico City to establish first contact and commit themselves to a peaceful resolution to the escalating border tensions in the Caribbean Sea. The brief meeting between...
December 2, 2012 · 4 Comments


Santos, Ortega to meet in Mexico

(posted Nov. 30, 3:00 p.m.)- President Daniel Ortega and his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos might get a chance to meet face to face tomorrow in Mexico to discuss the conflict over disputed maritime territory in the Caribbean Sea. Both...
November 30, 2012 · 1 Comment


Nicaragua authorizes US drug patrols

Nicaragua authorizes US drug patrols

Nicaragua’s National Assembly today approved a presidential decree authorizing U.S. troops to enter the country to conduct joint drug patrols in Caribbean waters that Nicaragua acquired from Colombia in last week’s ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Presidential...
November 30, 2012 · 5 Comments


Colombia bails on ICJ treaty

(posted Nov. 28, 12:00 p.m.)- Repeating his call for bilateral talks on the margins of international law, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced this morning that his country has officially withdrawn from the treaty that recognizes the authority of the...
November 28, 2012 · 3 Comments


Will Colombia become a rogue nation?

Will Colombia become a rogue nation?

News Analysis. After a week of dithering, chest-thumping, and hot-blooded tweeting, Colombia is apparently ready to talk to Nicaragua about the World Court’s historic redrawing of maritime boundaries in the Caribbean Sea.  Since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed...
November 25, 2012 · 24 Comments


Islanders march against World Court ruling

Islanders march against World Court ruling

(posted Nov. 24, 8:00 a.m.)- The residents of San Andres marched through the island streets yesterday to protest the Nov. 19 verdict by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and pressure the Colombian government to reject the ruling. Carrying banners...
November 24, 2012 · 2 Comments


The 5 stages of grief on San Andres

The 5 stages of grief on San Andres

Opinion. Monday, Nov. 19, is not a day that the people from San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina will soon forget. I woke up with a feeling that this day was going to go down in Colombian history as the...
November 23, 2012 · 19 Comments


Palestinian struggle takes new meaning in Nicaragua

Palestinian struggle takes new meaning in Nicaragua

News Analysis. The work of Nicaragua’s Palestinian Solidarity Committee has taken on a sense of urgency for the Sandinista government. Following Nicaragua’s historic victory this week in its decade-long legal battle for clear boundaries and sovereignty in the Caribbean, the...
November 21, 2012 · 6 Comments


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