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Nicaragua to compensate Costa Rica over damage from invasion

MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega says his country will compensate Costa Rica for environmental damage caused when Nicaraguan military forces occupied disputed territory in the neighbouring nation.

The payment is the result of a ruling last year by the International Court at The Hague, Netherlands, favouring Costa Rica’s sovereignty over the river island of Portillos and finding that Nicaragua had violated its territory along the Caribbean coast.

Costa Rica sued in 2010 over the invasion. The damage done reportedly includes the dredging of canals and the felling of trees.

Ortega said Monday night that Nicaragua has sent Costa Rica a letter promising to pay and asking it to clarify the nature of the damage. Costa Rica has sought $6 million in compensation.

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