San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina is a Colombian department situated in the western Caribbean, closer geographically to Nicaragua than to mainland Colombia — a proximity that has fueled a long-running territorial dispute. Nicaragua brought its case to the International Court of Justice, which issued a ruling in 2012 that redrawn maritime boundaries, stripping Colombia of significant exclusive economic zone. A regional token issue in 2015 fits squarely within the archipelago's persistent effort to assert a distinct local identity amid that ongoing political tension.
San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina is a Colombian department situated in the western Caribbean, closer geographically to Nicaragua than to mainland Colombia — a proximity that has fueled a long-running territorial dispute. Nicaragua brought its case to the International Court of Justice, which issued a ruling in 2012 that redrawn maritime boundaries, stripping Colombia of significant exclusive economic zone. A regional token issue in 2015 fits squarely within the archipelago's persistent effort to assert a distinct local identity amid that ongoing political tension.