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The Nicaragua–Costa Rica San Juan River border dispute was a series of periodical conflicts between Costa Rica and Nicaragua over the correct delimitation of their common border at its east-end, and the interpretation of the navigation rights on the San Juan River established in the Cañas-Jerez Treaty of 1858. [2]
The San Juan River (Spanish: Río San Juan), also known as El Desaguadero ("the drain"), is a 192-kilometre (119 mi) river that flows east out of Lake Nicaragua into the Caribbean Sea. A large section of the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica runs on the southern bank of the river.
The Rio Celeste (sky blue river) at Tenorio Volcano National Park in Costa Rica. San Juan River. Colorado River (distributary) Chirripó River; Sarapiquí River. Toro River; Sucio River; San Carlos River Arenal River; Pocosol River; Lake Nicaragua (Nicaragua) Frío River. Sabogal River; Celeste River (Buenavista River) Zapote River; Niño River ...
Costa Rica annexed Guanacaste, in exchange for giving up its claims to sovereignty over the San Juan River and the Canal Route. However, when tensions between the nations rose over Costa Rica's rights of navigation on the river in 2013, Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega claimed Guanacaste province belonged to Nicaragua. [22] [23] [24]
Costa Rica protested that Costa Rican rights to the San Juan River had been infringed, and El Salvador maintained that the proposed naval base would affect both it and Honduras. Both protests were upheld by the Central American Court of Justice in rulings that were not recognized by either Nicaragua or the United States. Both nations repealed ...
The head of the committee for development of the San Juan River in Nicaragua said that the $1 million project is intended to "recover the 1,700 m 3 p/sec of water that was lost after Costa Rica rerouted it toward its Colorado River between 1945 and 1950." Costa Rica responded, issuing a statement that said a ruling by an international court ...