Costa Rica is the second smallest country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua and Panama. It has had territorial disputes with Nicaragua since independence from Spain in 1821 over the Nicoya and Guanacaste regions, and the countries still disagree over sovereignty of the San Juan River. Several factors have led to conflict between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, including a history of disputes in the region after independence, illegal immigration from Nicaragua into Costa Rica, and inability to agree on access to the San Juan River due to political tensions.
Costa Rica is the second smallest country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua and Panama. It has had territorial disputes with Nicaragua since independence from Spain in 1821 over the Nicoya and Guanacaste regions, and the countries still disagree over sovereignty of the San Juan River. Several factors have led to conflict between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, including a history of disputes in the region after independence, illegal immigration from Nicaragua into Costa Rica, and inability to agree on access to the San Juan River due to political tensions.
Costa Rica is the second smallest country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua and Panama. It has had territorial disputes with Nicaragua since independence from Spain in 1821 over the Nicoya and Guanacaste regions, and the countries still disagree over sovereignty of the San Juan River. Several factors have led to conflict between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, including a history of disputes in the region after independence, illegal immigration from Nicaragua into Costa Rica, and inability to agree on access to the San Juan River due to political tensions.
Costa Rica is the second smallest country in Central America bordered by
Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the south-southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, and the Caribbean Sea to the east. Costa Rica is the largest sugar consuming country in the world.This country has the political level of the safest in the region. Compared with the countries of Latin America, Costa Rica excels in per capita income. The main results of the country's territory is 51,100 km coffee. A dispute between Costa Rica with Nicaragua occurred since its independence from Spain in 1821 and continued up to the early 20th century In the early stages of the formation of the Union of Central America, Costa Rica has gained territory of Nicoya and Guanacaste previously this area are owned by Nicaraguan But the transition area The do not reach an agreement because of the important issues to be considered, such as: the distance a huge area, the difficulty of communication, and there is some pressure that led to the circumstances at the time it became critical So, the Central Government with taking decisions in order to issue the transition of the region were closed temporarily time. However, in the end Nicaragua still lost most of their land to Costa Rica. Guanacaste and Nicoya region has become a permanent part of Costa Rica. Therefore, Nicaragua forced to lose 13,000 km2 territory conflict between Costa Rica to Nicaragua due to the dispute over the border between the two countries because both countries recognize the sovereignty of the San Juan River. There are several main background that lead to conflict. First, Many are familiar with the Central American region since independence from Spain as an area of frequent conflict. Second, the existence of illegal immigration from Nicaragua massive happens to the territory of Costa Rica, thus sharpening diplomatic relations between both countries. Third, Costa Rica wants free access to through the San Juan River but could not reach a final agreement due to political hostilities that occurred in the capital of two states.