Colombia Threatens Its Caribbean Neighbor: Nicaragua

BECCA RENK & JOHN PERRY VIA COUNTERCURRENTS - When Abelardo de la Espriella was declared the winner of Colombia’s presidential elections, he announced his plan to sever diplomatic relations with Nicaragua, saying, “In my government there will be no ties whatsoever with tyrannies.” In October, he followed this by reviving a longstanding maritime dispute with Nicaragua relating to the San Andrés islands in the Caribbean.

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