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Costa Rica violated its obligation under general international law by failing to carry out an environmental impact assessment concerning the construction of Route 1856. In June 2016, Costa Rica made an estimation of the damage to be paid of US$6,700,000. It accepted to make a second evaluation of the damages if Nicaragua requested it. [29]
The Calderonista Invasion of Costa Rica was a small rebellion carried out in North-West Costa Rica by forces loyal to the disgruntled former president Rafael Calderón, and was supported by the Government of Nicaragua who were unhappy with the election of Jose "Pepe" Figueres Ferrer to the Costa Rican Presidency two years prior.
Costa Rican Civil War (1948) Costa Rica Calderón Forces People's Vanguard Party Nicaragua: National Liberation Movement Ulatistas: Defeat. Teodoro Picado Michalski toppled, José Figueres Ferrer becomes President of Costa Rica; Víctor Manuel Román: Invasion of Costa Rica (1955) Calderón Forces Nicaragua Costa Rica: Defeat. Nicaraguan ...
The location of San Andres and Providencia in the Caribbean.. In 1670 the English corsair Henry Morgan took over the islands until 1689. In 1803, after Spain's Viceroyalty of New Granada had been re-established in 1739, the archipelago and the province of Veraguas – covering the western territory of Panama and the eastern coast of Nicaragua – were added to its area of jurisdiction.
Invasion of Guanacaste (1836) Costa Rica. Nicaragua Costa Ricans exiled. Victory: Filibuster War (1855–1857) Costa Rica Nicaragua Kingdom of Mosquitia Guatemala Honduras El Salvador United States: Filibusters: Victory. William Walker's army is defeated and he is arrested by the American Navy; Barrios' War of Reunification (1885) El Salvador ...
The border between the reserves of Caño Negro in Costa Rica and Los Guatuzos in Nicaragua. The Costa Rica–Nicaragua border is the 309 kilometres (192 mi) long international border, extending east–west, between the Caribbean Sea (E) and the Pacific Ocean (W) it separates the northern part of Costa Rica from the Southern part of Nicaragua.
The border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica roughly parallels the line of the river. At the time of the siege, Nicaragua was part of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, an administrative division of the Spanish Empire. This also included present-day Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and the Mexican state of Chiapas. [7]
Originally the territory was bounded on the northeast by the La Flor river and Lake Cocibolca, or Lake Nicaragua, on the south by Costa Rica (Gulf of Nicoya, Tempisque River, Salto River), and on the east by a line that joins the northernmost part of the Gulf of Nicoya to the mouth of the San Juan River.