Nicaragua, Costa Rica Still Butting Heads Over Google Maps Border Error [Oops]

Nicaragua scoffed at a firm of yank States (OAS) condemnation regarding their Google Maps border incursion this weekend, and why shouldn’t they? Even Reuters was calling the measure a ” toothless exhortation.” Coming soon: Google War?

Google, for its part, has since corrected the error, which they blamed on faulty U.S. State Department data.

That faulty data was answerable for an ” accidental invasion” earlier this month, as it incorrectly ceded nearly 1.7 miles of Costa Rican territory to Nicaragua. The territory in question, coincidentally, also happens to be a contested hotspot that’s seen controversy and friction between the two nations for more than 100 years. Oops!

The OAS resolution, called ” toothless” in Reuters coverage, was summarily dismissed by Nicaragua, which contends the ” invasion” was just security officials conducting drug raid operations inside the region. One of its deputy foreign ministers, not named, said the OAS ” didn’t have authority to rule on border disputes,” Reuters reports. Also, Costa Rica has no standing army. Wonder what’s going to happen next? [ Reuters ]

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