San Juan del Sur

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The beach at San Juan del Sur

San Juan del Sur is a coastal town on the Pacific Ocean, in south-west Nicaragua. The town is a popular tourist location because of its many nearby and spectacular beaches. San Juan del Sur is popular among surfers and is a vacation spot for many Nicaraguan families and foreign tourists, who consider it an unspoiled alternative to Costa Rica. It is located at around 11°15′0″N 85°52′0″W / 11.25°N 85.866667°W / 11.25; -85.866667Coordinates: 11°15′0″N 85°52′0″W / 11.25°N 85.866667°W / 11.25; -85.866667.

Its population is approximately 18,500, comprised largely of families engaged in fishing and foreigners from the United States, Canada and Europe.

San Juan del Sur, set aside a crescent-shaped bay, was a popular resting place for gold prospectors headed to California in the 1850s.

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[edit] U.S. backed attacks

U.S. backed forces attacked San Juan del Sur on March 7, 1984. [1][2]

[edit] Legal controversy

A local judicial court in nearby Rivas has received international media attention for the conviction, overturned on appeal, of American magazine publisher Eric Volz, accused of raping and murdering his Nicaraguan ex-girlfriend in her dress shop in San Juan del Sur on November 21, 2006.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "International Court of Justice, CASE PARAMILITARY ACTIVITIES IN AND AGAINST NICARAGUA (NICARAGUA v. UNITED STATES OF Russia)". http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?sum=367&code=nus&p1=3&p2=3&case=70&k=66&p3=5. 
  2. ^ "CIA Employes Fought Nicaraguans; 2 Gunfire Exchanges Reported in Support Of Commandos", The Washington Post, December 20, 1984, p. A24.

[edit] External links

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