Nel mese of operations in November 2010 for the dredging of the river from the Rio San Juan Nicaragua to secure the waterway has caused a diplomatic crisis.
Costa Rica, Nicaragua accused of throwing debris on polluting its coast and also to have invaded their territory with the installation of a military camp.
The dispute remained for about two weeks at the verbal level, has resulted in the movement of troops along the river is the boundary between the two countries. Luckily he landed in the diplomatic row OAS (Organization of American States) which was convened a special meeting to try to solve the problem.
The allegations (violation of national sovereignty) forward by Costa Rica's president, Laura Chinchilla, were rejected by the government of Daniel Ortega said at a meeting of the OAS, the areas in which debris have been downloaded and installed the military camp are on the ground in Nicaragua. Ortega said the army's presence is linked to an operation against drug trafficking, but is also caused by the large police presence in Costa Rica.
This battle back in first on the conflict between the two states on the borders. The border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua is about 320 km but the demarcation points are only twenty and in some cases they are far apart from each other. For example, between the first and the second point we sopno approximately 140 km distance this creates problems for accurately delineate the boundary between the two states and it is precisely in this area that has reignited the dispute. The
the Cañas-Jerez Treaty, which defines the boundaries between the two countries, and in 1858, and was supplemented by a Resolution of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, in 2009, acknowledged "the exclusive domain of Nicaragua to the Río San Juan ", the prohibition to sail for Costa Rica people armed with people and the only option for commercial navigation, with the permit issued by the Nicaraguan authorities.
To try to resolve the matter, the secretary general of the OES, José Miguel Insulza, has traveled to Costa Rica, Nicaragua and in contention. During his diplomatic journey has gathered important information with which to begin the mediation and establish definitively the boundary between the two countries.
Insulza after his visit said he was very satisfied with the information received, "the approach by both sides has been extremely constructive," the desire to resolve the conflict through through diplomatic channels "and within a reasonable time.
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