Border Dispute With Nicaragua Has Costa Rica Rethinking Its Lack Of Army -- Christian science Monitor
The International Court of Justice is expected to rule any day on a Costa Rica-Nicaragua border dispute. The case has caused the 'Switzerland of Central America' to reexamine its commitment to disarmament.
An ongoing border dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica has pushed the “Switzerland of Central America” to the brink of a national identity crisis.
Sixty-two years after Costa Rica made the historic decision to abolish its Army and entrust its sovereignty and national defense to the untested guardianship of international law, Central America’s standard bearer of peace and democracy is facing what it considers its greatest challenge to neutrality: an alleged border invasion by Nicaraguan troops.
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My Comment: When idealism is confronted by reality .... reality always wins. For Costa Rica, that reality is the realization that they will need a professional military to protect their sovereignty.
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