NICARAGUA/COSTA RICA: TENSIONS BETWEEN NICARAGUA AND COSTA RICA INCREASE SINCE DOZENS OF NICARAGUANS WERE DEPORTED BACK TO THEIR HOMELAND

Record ID: 986452

  • Title: NICARAGUA/COSTA RICA: TENSIONS BETWEEN NICARAGUA AND COSTA RICA INCREASE SINCE DOZENS OF NICARAGUANS WERE DEPORTED BACK TO THEIR HOMELAND
  • Date: 9th July 1999
  • Summary: SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA. (RECENT) (NH--NO ACCESS COSTA RICA) 1. LV OF COSTA RICAN NEIGHBOURHOOD WHERE NICARAGUANS ARE BEING EVICTED (2 SHOTS) 0.14 2. SLV/SV POLICE WALKING THROUGH THE NEIGHBOURHOOD NOTIFYING NICARAGUAN FAMILIES THAT THEY HAVE TO LEAVE (3 SHOTS) 0.40 3. SLV NICARAGUAN FAMILIES CLEARING OUT THEIR BELONGINGS 0.47 4. SLV/SV POLICE ADVISING RESIDENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO LEAVE COSTA RICA (2 SHOTS) 1.03 5. SV NICARAGUAN RESIDENTS CRYING (2 SHOTS) 1.13 6. SLV/SV RESIDENTS CARRYING CHILDREN LEAVING NEIGHBOURHOOD (4 SHOTS) 1.42 7. SLV RESIDENT TRYING TO CARRY AWAY SOFA/RESIDENTS HOLDING CHILDREN LEAVING (2 SHOTS) 2.08 8. SLV/SV BULLDOZER DESTROYING HOMES (2 SHOTS) 2.17 9. SLV HOME ON FIRE, OWNER SET FIRE TO HOME IN PROTEST AGAINST EVICTION AND DEPORTATION (2 SHOTS) 2.24 10. MCU (Spanish) UNIDENTIFIED NICARAGUAN WOMAN WHO SET HOME ON FIRE IN PROTEST SAYING: "Injustices hurt me. It hurts me that they are doing this with the children, with Nicaraguans and with everybody because here we have poor Nicaraguans and Costa Ricans. You see those children, with their dirty faces who have not eaten anything, not they're kicked out to the streets. There are many Costa Ricans as well. What happens is that here, they hate Nicaraguans, blacks and Indians because even though it is a pretty and democratic country, it violates international human rights of children." 2.56 11. SLV FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING BLAZE 3.02 12. SV NICARAGUANS BEING FORCED ONTO BUS SO THEY CAN BE DEPORTED 3.42 MANAGUA, NICARAGUA. (JULY 6, 1999) (REUTERS) 13. CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINES ANNOUNCING DEPORTATION OF NICARAGUANS FROM COSTA RICA 3.47 14. LAS NICARAGUANS DEPORTED FROM COSTA RICA AT BUS TERMINAL 3.51 15. CU WOMAN WHO WAS DEPORTED CRYING 3.57 16. SLV GROUP OF DEPORTEES WITH LUGGAGE (2 SHOTS) 4.03 17. MCU (Spanish) NICARAGUAN FOREIGN MINISTER, EDUARDO MONTEALLEGRE, SAYING: "We have hired a lawyer in Costa Rica who will work independently from the lawyers that many of the Nicaraguans have hired. This lawyer will help them with their problem related to the land swindle. If it is proven that they were swindled, it means that they committed no crime and amnesty will be applied to them." 4.21 BORDER REGION BETWEEN NICARAGUA AND COSTA RICA (FILE) (REUTERS) 18. SLV/SV REFUGEES TRYING TO CROSS BORDER ILLEGALLY (3 SHOTS) 4.49 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: MANAGUA, NICARAGUA AND SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
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  • Country: Nicaragua Costa Rica
  • Reuters ID: LVA98UZ5W3SKWXK175TDJW4DMXU0
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