LatinNews Daily Report - 15 October 2013

DIPLOMACY | ICJ begins hearing cases. On 14 October the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague began hearing arguments from Costa Rica and Nicaragua in relation to Costa Rica’s latest demand for new measures against Nicaragua over the San Juan river dispute. On 24 September the government led by President Laura Chinchilla requested the additional ICJ measures in response to Nicaragua’s (alleged) construction of two new canals in the disputed territory. Costa Rica wants Nicaragua to “suspend all dredging or any other activity and specifically that in the two artificial canals; for Nicaragua to immediately withdraw all personnel, infrastructure…and equipment …from the territory…and to allow Costa Rica to carry out environmental remediation in the territory to prevent irreparable damage to the disputed territory”. Costa Rica claims that the construction of the two new canals violates a provisional March 2011 ICJ ruling prohibiting the presence of all civilians, military and police officials in the San Juan River area, with the exception of Costa Rican environmental officials. Nicaragua is due to present its case today (15 October).

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