evidence: Tucked away near the middle of the Caribbean Sea, lies the Bajo Nuevo Bank: a small, uninhabited reef with some grass-covered islets. [...] 7. James W. Jennett, empowered under provisions of the controversial Guano Islands Act, initiated the US’ claim on November 22, 1869. To this day, the US administers Bajo Nuevo bank as an ‘unorganized, unincorporated United States territory’. [...] 14. Nicaragua bases its claim to Bajo Nuevo Bank due to the islands sitting on its continental shelf, covering an area of over 50,000 square kilometres in the Caribbean Sea. In fact, the Central American country lays claim to all islands associated with the San Andrés and