GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

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Page last updated on February 5, 2013

Disputes - international:
the 1992 ICJ ruling for El Salvador and Honduras advised a tripartite resolution to establish a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca, which considers Honduran access to the Pacific; legal dispute over navigational rights of San Juan River on border with Costa Rica

Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for cocaine destined for the US and transshipment point for arms-for-drugs dealing

NOTE: The information regarding Nicaragua on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Nicaragua Transnational Issues 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Nicaragua Transnational Issues 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.