Tag: Luis Guillermo Solis

• Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 10:22 UTC

  Costa Rica wins coastal border dispute with Nicaragua at UN Court of Justice

  

  Costa Rica claimed victory over Nicaragua on Friday, after the United Nations’ highest court awarded Costa Rica disputed territory along the coastal border shared by the two Central American countries. Nicaragua was ordered by the International Court of Justice in The Hague to remove a military base from a contested coastal area near the San Juan river, which the judges said violated Costa Rican sovereignty.

• Sunday, November 27th 2016 - 11:49 UTC

  At least nine dead in Costa Rica after Hurricane Otto

  

  Hurricane Otto finally made its way through Central American and onto the Pacific Ocean Friday leaving at least nine people dead in Costa Rica in villages of The northern part of the country, bordering Nicaragua, where some 7,000 villagers had to me moved into shelters.

• Friday, June 10th 2016 - 08:13 UTC

  Argentina closer to the Alliance of the Pacific; Macri expected at the summit in Chile

  

  The Alliance of the Pacific approved Argentina's request to join the group as an observer country, signaling a new turn in president Mauricio Macri's foreign policy. The announcement was made by Chile's foreign minister Heraldo Munoz following the Alliance's Ministers Council in Mexico City in anticipation of the summit scheduled for July first.

• Saturday, April 11th 2015 - 05:38 UTC

  Uruguayan president meets Obama; UNHCR will provide Guantanamo detainees with homes

  

  The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, will provide homes to six former detainees of the US military prison in Guantanamo who have struggled to resettle in Uruguay, the country`s President said on Friday.

• Monday, April 7th 2014 - 05:18 UTC

  Costa Rica faces serious challenge: new president with scant support in congress

  

  A center-left academic who has never held elected office easily won Costa Rica's presidential election on Sunday, ousting the graft-stained ruling party from power after its candidate quit campaigning a month ago. However he will have quite a job ensuring support in Congress.