Costa Rica

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A Central American border dispute: Google goofs

NICARAGUA has sent 50 soldiers to Calero Island, a small strip of land on the Caribbean coast. The area has historically been part of Costa Rica, although the Nicaraguan government argues that the river separating the two countries has changed course. Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rica's president, has called the deployment an "invasion". Our Daily Chart team has compiled a series of maps of the region (pictured above), and also explored the history of how the border was determined.(2)

Cartography: Google goofs

A boundary error between Nicaragua and Costa Rica(1)

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