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| The Corn Islands are two islands about 70 km east off the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, constituting one of 11 municipalities of the Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur department.
Corn Islands consists of Big Corn Island (Isla Grande del Maíz; often simply referred to as Corn Island; Isla del Maíz) and Little Corn Island (Isla Pequeña del Maíz).
The Corn Islands, along with the eastern half of present-day Nicaragua, was a British protectorate from 1655 until 1894, a period when the region was called the Mosquito Coast. At one time, the islands were frequented by Caribbean pirates. In 1894, the Nicaraguan government claimed the area. The islands were given to the United States for a 99-year lease under the Chamorro-Bryan Treaty of 1914. The terms of the lease made the Corn Islands subject to American law, but they remained Nicaraguan territory. With American acquiescence, the Nicaraguan government directed the islands' local administration. The U.S.'s right to the actual or potential use of the islands remained until April 25, 1971, when the lease was officially terminated by the abrogation of the Chamorro-Bryan Treaty under the presidency of Anastasio Somoza Debayle, on July 14, 1970.
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