Pearl Cays

The Pearl Cays (Spanish: Cayos de Perlas) is a group of 18 cays located about 35 kilometers from Laguna de Perlas off the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua.[1] They are part of the RAAS autonomous region. The Pearl Cays are covered with vegetation and are lined with white sand beaches. They are an important nesting site for turtles, including the endangered Hawksbill turtle.[2]

Controversy

A number of islands that are part of the Pearl Cays, were purchased by business man Peter Tsokos in 1997 and later individually sold as private islands to investors. Questions have been raised about the circumstances of the sale and whether those islands can be private property or are public property. The islands are considered by some as part of the territory of indigenous people.[3][4][5][6]

See also

Greece–Nicaragua relations

References

  1. ↑ "The Pearl Cays". Moon Handbook: Nicaragua. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
  2. ↑ "The Pearl Cays: Caribbean Jewels". ViaNica. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
  3. ↑ "Nicaragua investiga venta ilegal de islotes y cayos en el mar Caribe - LVDS". La Voz del Sandinismo (in Spanish). 2006-12-13. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  4. ↑ "Land Grabbing in the Pearl Cays". www.nicanet.org. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  5. ↑ "Murder And Manifest Destiny On The Mosquito Coast". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  6. ↑ "Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Report No. 22/15, Case 12.792" (PDF). 26 March 2015.

Coordinates: 12°28′N 83°23′W / 12.467°N 83.383°W / 12.467; -83.383


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