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(Aug. 5, 1914), treaty between the United States and Nicaragua, by which the United States gained the right to construct a canal across Nicaragua, an option to build a naval base on the Gulf of Fonseca, and a long-term lease on the Corn Islands in the Caribbean. Nicaragua's neighbours protested, claiming the treaty imperilled their security, and the Central American Court of Justice…

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>Bryan–Chamorro Treaty
(Aug. 5, 1914), treaty between the United States and Nicaragua, by which the United States gained the right to construct a canal across Nicaragua, an option to build a naval base on the Gulf of Fonseca, and a long-term lease on the Corn Islands in the Caribbean. Nicaragua's neighbours protested, claiming the treaty imperilled their security, and the Central American Court ...
>Chamorro Vargas, Emiliano
prominent diplomat and politician, president of Nicaragua (1917–21).
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In the early 20th century Costa Rica and four other Central American republics established the Central American Court of Justice, the first international court with wide juridical powers. The headquarters were established in Cartago, but, when the building was destroyed in the 1910 earthquake, the headquarters were moved to San José. One of the court's landmark cases ...
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After the withdrawal of Spain, relations between the “king” of the Mosquito Coast and the British government strengthened until again there were British officials in Bluefields. In 1848 they seized the small Caribbean port of San Juan del Norte, renaming it Greytown. The discovery of gold in California drew attention to the strategic position of Nicaragua for interoceanic ...

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