November 3, 2010
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once again, it’s raining. a lot. yellow alert declared by the National Commision for Emergencies for the pacific coast.
we had three days of perfect weather at the beach over the weekend, and now it’s some serious rain.
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well I finished working at my old job – it’s been 10 days. I find it hard to wind down, but have been working at it!
finally getting to do lots of things – but many more on the to-do list….
lots of photos to post of our wonderful weekend away.
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meanwhile a night of rain rain rain.
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interesting things happening at the nicaraguan border.
nicarguans have been accusing costa rican ‘troops’ of being on their land. costa rica has had no army since 1948!
from the costa rican point of view, nicarguans are the ones with troops on the costa rican island Calero. they are dredging the San Juan River, which forms the border, (the river belongs to nicaragua, but the terms of the treaty are that costa rica has free navigation of it )- according to costa rica – they are not merely dredging the river, but seem to have been trying to change its course to make a more direct exit to the Atlantic, which would cut out lots of costa rican land , chopped down a whole lot of trees in a reserve on the costa rican side, set up an encampment on a costa rican island, and are seriously effecting the local ecology.
Nicargua insists it is Costa Rica that is behaving beligerently, are claiming land that is Nicaraguan, has been invading Nicaraguan lands, sending helicopters heavily armed – and wants to take away nicaraguan sovereignity of the river San Juan – and have built up military presence on the border. stupid. Costa Rica has no army, and no kind of war-mongering or territory-grabbing desires.
Nicarguan elections are coming up soon; this is a cynical attempt to create a external conflict to take pressure off internal concerns, raise nationalist fevour and unite the country against new imaginary enemies. sad. and stupid. but effective.
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it’s going to Haigue for arbitration. let’s see how it works out.
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and meanwhile, a night of rain rain rain…
Comments (3)
I hope you are able to wind down from working and spend some really good quality time with your family till something else comes that you want to do.
Enjoy the rain.
here’s hoping you stay dry and can enjoy starting a new page in your life. as for the political shit, we americans are used to it – someone always hates us – i wonder why? – lol. peace, Al
Yes, effective and predictable. Someone always wants what belongs to someone else.