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MARMINCA
Country Mines
destroyed		 Metallic
objects		 Area cleared
(square meters)		 Dates
Costa Rica 341 4,761 131,903.00 1996 - 2002
Guatemala 475 2,402 10,986.00 1998 - 2005
Honduras 2,281 57,667 451,329.00 1995 - 2004
Nicaragua 47,867 504,641 2,001,291.18

1993;

1996 - 2006
Total 50,964 569,481 2,595,509.18  
(As of 12/31/2005)        
  • Guatemala declared mine free, milestone marks MARMINCA success in Central America


    • MARMINAS
    Country Mines
    destroyed    		 Metallic
    objects    		 Area cleared
    (square meters)    		 Dates
    Ecuador 6 9,230 26,443.64 2003 - 2010
    Peru 21 335 21,561.60 2003 - 2010
    Total 27 9,565 48,005.24  
    (As of 12/31/2005)        


    SURINAME
    Country Mines
    destroyed    		 Metallic
    objects    		 Area cleared
    (square meters)    		 Dates
    Suriname 6 975 2,613 2004 - 2005
    (As of 04/30/2005)        



    * Costa Rica is the first country within the demining program of the Inter-American Defense Board (IADB) and Organization of American States (OAS) to be declared free of landmines. Since 1996 the OAS and the IADB?s team of international supervisors and military trainers that comprise the Assistance Mission for Mine Clearance in Central American (MARMINCA) have been assisting Costa Rican deminers in removing landmines and unexploded ordnance from its northern border with Nicaragua. Since the establishment of the program 341 landmines and unexploded ordnance where destroyed returning approximately 131, 903 square meters of land to the people of Costa Rica. Costa Rica stands as a monument to demining efforts being undertaken in other areas throughout the hemisphere.