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The Brooklyn Museum will return 5,000 pre-Columbian artifacts taken legally by U.S. magnate Minor C. Keith from Costa Rica more than a century ago.
Archaeologist Ricardo Vasquez said he hopes it sets a precedent. He estimates tens of thousands of Costa Rica’s pre-Columbian artifacts and objects are sitting somewhere overseas.
“It would be crazy and a little bit idealistic to think that all of the pieces will at some point return to Costa Rica,” Vasquez said.
“We should be grateful to the Brooklyn Museum for donating these pieces," said another artifacts fan.
“Whether they’re not interested in them or they don’t have room, who cares. What is ours will be ours again.”
2 Screen Read On BORDER DISPUTE FORCES C.R. ARMY RETHINK:
Sixty-two years ago, Costa Rica decided to abolish its army and entrust its sovereignty and national defense to international law. But a recent nasty border with Nicaragua has pushed the so- called “Switzerland of Central America” to a national identity crisis as the International Court of Justice at The Hague takes its time deliberating the dispute.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2011/0207/Border-dispute-with-Nicaragua-has-Costa-Rica-rethinking-its-lack-of-army
