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Nicaragua Raids Costa Rica, Blames Google Maps

Posted by Soulskill on from the i-was-just-following-my-gps dept.

Garabito writes "An error on Google Maps has caused an international conflict in Central America. A Nicaraguan military commander, relying on Google Maps, moved troops into an area near San Juan Lake along the border between his country and Costa Rica (Google translation of Spanish original). The troops are accused of setting up camp there, taking down a Costa Rican flag and raising the Nicaraguan flag, doing work to clean up a nearby river, and dumping the sediment in Costa Rican territory."

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  1. By some measures, the world's most violent country by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes. Have a problem with some people? The U.S. government's solution is to use taxpayer's money to kill them.

    That's profitable for weapons investors and U.S. government contractors.

  2. Re:Yeah... by fredrated · · Score: 0, Troll

    How is mental illness working for you? From here it doesn't look good.

  3. Re:Yeah... by c6gunner · · Score: 1, Troll

    You don't have to be of any affiliation to be tired of the pointless anti-American trolling that idiots have been waging for 40 years, and I haven't even been alive that long.

  4. Re:Yeah... by countertrolling · · Score: 0, Troll

    Translation: War is good! As lond as you win, of course.. or at least get some plunder.

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    For justice, we must go to Don Corleone