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<\/strong><\/p>\n\n A ruling that confirmed rights\u2026 but also the consequences of a century of historical silence<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n <\/em>Introduction for the Web<\/strong><\/p>\n\n The ruling by the International Court of Justice on July 13, 2009<\/strong>, in the case of Navigation on the San Juan River (Costa Rica vs. Nicaragua)<\/em>, established Costa Rica’s rights and limitations for the use of the San Juan River, a body of water historically crucial for commerce, defense, and sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n The Court confirmed that:<\/p>\n\n However, most relevant to the trilogy is what the ruling does not mention<\/strong>: The historical silence\u2014initiated in the 19th century and institutionalized in the Second Republic\u2014left out of international litigation a chapter that would have reinforced the Costa Rican position for more than a century.<\/p>\n\n This case clearly demonstrates the central thesis of Silenced Waters<\/em>: \u2192 Download document (PDF)<\/strong> This A ruling that confirmed rights\u2026 but also the consequences of a century of historical silence Introduction for the Web The ruling by the International Court of Justice on July 13, 2009,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":583,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-796","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
no Costa Rican legal argument used the historical evidence of the Transit Campaign<\/strong>, despite the fact that during that campaign (1856\u20131857) Costa Rica exercised total military control of the river<\/strong>, captured enemy steamers, established posts and routes, and executed effective sovereignty operations.<\/p>\n\n
when a country renounces its own history, it loses legal tools to defend its future<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n
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