Costa Rica–Nicaragua San Juan River border dispute President Laura Chinchilla was criticized by former President Óscar Arias for her naïve handling of the situation. On November 18, 2010, Costa Rica filed proceedings against Nicaragua in the International Court of Justice. The complaint alleges an incursion into, occupation of and use by Nicaragua's Army of Costa Rican territory, breaches of Nicaragua's treaty obligations toward Costa Rica, and “ongoing and planned dredging and the construction of the canal (that) will seriously affect the flow of water to the Colorado River of Costa Rica, and will cause further damage to Costa Rican territory, including the wetlands and national wildlife protected
The Costa Rica Star Hitchens, who died on December 15, 2011. The website's Facebook Timeline had more than 50,000 followers as of August 2014 Many of the articles published by "The Costa Rica Star" are based on news stories found on Spanish-language media websites of Costa Rica such as "Costa Rica Hoy" and "La Nacion". The authors add context deemed useful to expatriate readers and foreigners and constantly links to original sources (Wikipedia seems to be a favorite source for fact checking). "The Costa Rica Star" invites contributions from citizen journalists and has a signup page for this purpose. On May 13, 2012, "The