6/05/2009

Miskitus Declare Independence

Mosquito Coast

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SchNEWS - Friday 29th

On April 19th, representatives from 360 [Miskitu indigenous] communities declared the secession of the entire Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, also known as the Mosquito Coast. They announced that the area, which accounts for 46% of Nicaragua’s territory and an estimated 11% of the population, would form the independent Nation of Moskitia.

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