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Article: COSTA RICA DEFIES U.S. ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND PAYS A PRICE.
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- NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
- Article date:
- September 22, 2005
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Costa Rica has refused to accord the US immunity from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The US has rewarded Costa Rica's act of sovereignty and efforts to protect itself by imposing sanctions, barring the country from receiving certain types of aid. These sanctions have been in place for four years, but the issue surfaced again when Gen. Brantz J. Craddock, head of the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), paid what was characterized as a courtesy call on President Abel Pacheco, Security Minister Rogelio Ramos, and Foreign Minister Roberto Tovar.
In a somewhat confusing turn of events, both countries denied the issue had come up ...