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Strategic Contexts

Introduction

Contextos Estratégicos is the space where this project expands the gaze beyond the literary and documentary narrative to situate the history of the San Juan River and the Transit Campaign within broader geopolitical, legal, economic and strategic frameworks.
Here we analyze long-term historical processes that help to understand why certain events -such as the river campaign of 1856-1857- were not only relevant in their time, but continue to project consequences up to the present.
This section does not replace the historical documents or the blog articles. It connects them.
Its function is to offer contextual readings, structural interpretations and analyses that allow us to understand:
the strategic value of the San Juan River as an inter-oceanic corridor,
the political decisions that shaped regional sovereignty,
the historical silences that influenced subsequent treaties, awards and litigation,
and the lost -and potentially recoverable- opportunities for Central America.
The texts gathered here are intended for readers interested in history, international law, international relations and geopolitics, but are written in an accessible language, always supported by contrasted facts.
This is the place where history dialogues with strategy.

▸ Introduction general (the above text).

▸ Axes of analysis

  • History and control of the territory
  • Interoceanic corridors and global power
  • Historical memory and construction of the national narrative
  • International law and river sovereignty

▸ Available contexts

(Links to context articles, for example:)

  • What did it really mean to dominate the San Juan River?
  • The Interoceanic Canal before the Panama Canal
  • From the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty to The Hague
  • The narrative gap and its legal consequences

(Each title links to its specific article)

Entradas recientes

  • The San Juan River and the historical agency of small nations
  • Why was the Transit Campaign prepared?
  • The San Juan and the interoceanic corridor: forgotten history, future opportunity.
  • Omitted History, Incomplete Law and Geopolitical Consequences
  • When a country forgets its river: history, sovereignty and the consequences of silence.

Todos los Artículos/Blogs, pulse aquí

Ver detalles

Las Aguas Amargas del San Juan

“La memoria rescatada de una guerra fluvial que Costa Rica olvidó.”

Captura de los vapores, a los tratados fronterizos

“De la guerra en el río a los litigios que definieron la frontera.”

Sobre el Libro 3 y las oportunidades recuperables

“El futuro del San Juan: soberanía, canales y decisiones geopolíticas pendientes.”

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