evidence: Tensions between Honduras and El Salvador are increasing after the Council of Ministers of El Salvador signed an executive decree which reclaimed sovereignty over Isla Conejo, a 0.5 km.-long island in the Gulf of Fonseca in the Pacific Ocean. The conflict gained public notoriety following a Twitter spat between Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador and Juan Orlando Hernández, President of Honduras. The Salvadoran decree was accompanied by Bukele’s announcement to increase the country’s armed forces from 20,000 to 40,000. Honduras sees the move as a threat to the 1992 ruling of the International Court of Justice which granted the country sovereignty over Isla Conejo. Since then, Tegucigalpa considers it a strategic land spot as the Gulf of Fonseca represents the country’s only access to the Pacific Ocean. [...] Encouragingly, Honduras has opted for a diplomatic approach favouring dialogue. Hernández passed a decree which stated that the government in Tegucigalpa would promote peace and sustainable development in the Gulf of Fonseca while, at the same time, it reaffirmed the country’s sovereignty over its territory, including Isla Conejo.