International Court of Justice cedes 3 sq km island to San JoséBoth sides hope to ‘turn the page’ after resolution of border claimCosta Rica has won a lingering,bitter territorial row with Nicaragua after a top UN court ruled that it had sovereignty over a small patch of wetlands on the river San Juan.
The court “finds that Costa Rica has sovereignty over the disputed territory as defined by the court”, the judges from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled, or in a statement read to the hearing.
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Source: theguardian.com