Talk:Isla Calero

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Size of island[edit]

I read in a newspaper account that the island is "151 square kilometers", but the accompanying map showed an island of 1.5 km2. Checking the size on google maps confirms the smaller figure. Unless someone can provide evidence for the much larger size cited (which indicated an island measuring 10 by 15 kilometers, not the actual 1 by 1.5 km), I will insist on keeping the smaller figure.--Potosino (talk) 14:32, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On both Nicaraguan maps and Costa Rican maps Isla Calero has a size of 151 square kilometers and is part of Costa Rica. There is no discussion about the Island itself. The boundaries of the island are defined by the Rio San Juan and the Rio Caño Bravo-Rio Colorado. The discussion is a bit vague because of the naming in the media. The discussion is only about a very small parcel of the Isla Calero. Namely the part north of Rio (or canal) Tauro. This part is only 1.5 km².

Thanks for the clarification! None of the news account mentioned this. I will re-correct the article. --Potosino (talk) 14:32, 20 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Isla Portillos conflict[edit]

Note the following from the Spanish Wikipedia article on Isla Calero (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isla_Calero):

A note of clarification: despite all the information that has been generated from the facts, the conflict is not taking place directly on Isla Calero, with 151.6 km², but on the Isla Portillos (located to the north of Calero) which is the eighth largest island in Costa Rica, with 16.8 km² and includes the current National Wildlife Refuge North Border Corridor, according to executive decree No. 23248-MIRENEN of May 18, 1994 . This Isla Portillos has been confused, both by Nicaraguans and Costa Ricans (confusion that, to a certain extent, has been encouraged by the press and the governments of both countries), with the larger Isla Calero.^[1] In spite of this, for the purposes of international information, the conflict has transcended as the "Calero Island conflict".

Una nota que debe aclararse es que, a pesar de toda la información que se ha generado a partir de estos hechos, en realidad el conflicto no se está dando directamente en la isla Calero, con 151.6 km², sino en la isla Portillos (ubicada al norte de Calero) la cual es la octava isla costarricense de mayor extensión, con 16.8 km² y comprende el actual Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Corredor Fronterizo Norte, según decreto ejecutivo No. 23248-MIRENEN del 18 de mayo de 1994. Esta isla Portillos ha sido confundida, tanto por nicaragüenses como por costarricenses (confusión que, en cierta medida, ha sido alentada por la prensa y los gobiernos de ambos países), con la isla Calero, de mayor tamaño.^[1] A pesar de esto, para efectos de información internacional, el conflicto ha trascendido como el «conflicto por isla Calero».

Jeff in CA (talk) 01:47, 25 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ ^a ^b Homer Dávila (24 Nov 2010). "Isla Portillos, Territorio costarricense: de las cuestiones históricas, limítrofes y geográficas" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 Mar 2014. Retrieved 19 Oct 2011.

[portillosnocalero-1] Homer Dávila (24 Nov 2010). "Isla Portillos, Territorio costarricense: de las cuestiones históricas, limítrofes y geográficas" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 Mar 2014. Retrieved 19 Oct 2011.

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