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Health restrictions in Costa Rica cause tension on border with Nicaragua
AFP and The Tico Times
May 28, 2020
Thousands of Nicaraguan truckers blocked the country’s southern border on Wednesday, in retaliation for the health restrictions imposed by Costa Rica on cargo transportation during the coronavirus crisis.
The blockade exacerbates tensions in Central America after Costa Rica enacted measures limiting the entry of truckers to its territory after detecting nearly 50 cases of COVID-19 among those workers.
“We are going to definitively block traffic to pressure governments to resolve this,” said the president of the Nicaraguan Transport Association (ATC), Marvin Altamirano.
The protest that prevents the passage of Costa Rican buses and vehicles into Nicaragua began Tuesday afternoon and will continue until restrictions on the passage of transport to Costa Rica are lifted, Altamirano said...
Health restrictions in Costa Rica cause tension on border with Nicaragua
AFP and The Tico Times
May 28, 2020
Thousands of Nicaraguan truckers blocked the country’s southern border on Wednesday, in retaliation for the health restrictions imposed by Costa Rica on cargo transportation during the coronavirus crisis.
The blockade exacerbates tensions in Central America after Costa Rica enacted measures limiting the entry of truckers to its territory after detecting nearly 50 cases of COVID-19 among those workers.
“We are going to definitively block traffic to pressure governments to resolve this,” said the president of the Nicaraguan Transport Association (ATC), Marvin Altamirano.
The protest that prevents the passage of Costa Rican buses and vehicles into Nicaragua began Tuesday afternoon and will continue until restrictions on the passage of transport to Costa Rica are lifted, Altamirano said...