are now posted along the san juan river that separates costa rica from nicaragua and the nicaraguan ambassador has left costa rica indefinitely. the dispute between the 2 countries over the rights to the river has increased the military presence along the border and the nica gov't has threatened to add a 35% tax on all goods imported from costa rica.
nicaragua owns the river and does not want armed cr police cruising the river. cr maintains they need to bear arms to patrol the river. a tico cop was arrested on nica soil and charged with kidnapping. turns out (arresting) a nica cop who had come to cr and illegally detained 2 ticos and returned them to nica and put them in jail for 6 days.
the nica president said he will never negotiate with cr to allow them to patrol the river with arms. they will only allow commercial navigation. the ticos patrol the river to keep out nicas.
costa rica has appealed to the international court at the hague which has outraged nicaragua even more. now nica is threatening to counter-sue cr to strip them of all rights to the river.
armed aggression. it's all so stupid.
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