Colombia Reignites Territorial Dispute with Nicaragua over Caribbean Islands
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The Minister of the Interior points out that the ruling delivered by the International Court of Justice in 2012 is “inapplicable in its literality”
Colombia will announce a decree with the coordinates of San Andrés and Providencia, reopening the territorial debate with Nicaragua following the ICJ ruling.
President Abelardo de la Espriella, from San Andrés, announced that he will sign a decree to delimit the base lines of the archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina. The decree will be issued, as he said, on November 30, the birthday of the island. De la Espriella said that the country controls the islands and that it will not return to “lose territory for not defending it properly”. His words are framed in the dispute with Nicar…
Colombia will establish official geographical coordinates in its nautical charts, asserting full sovereignty amid long-standing dispute with Nicaragua
Colombia will define by decree in November its territorial waters in the Caribbean
In 2012, the ICJ confirmed Colombia's sovereignty over the archipelago, but significantly expanded Nicaragua's waters under Nicaragua's rights.The entry of the Espriella fixed on November 30: Colombia will delimit San Andrés and will not cede a nautical mile to Nicaragua was first published in Nicaragua Investigación.
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