The Nicaraos were commerce-oriented people who came into southern Central America around 1200 a.D. They represented a threat to the inhabitants of the areas they settled upon, as a menace to territories or other resources. They threatened the Votos, Ramas from northern Costa Rica and vicinities, and the Huetares of central Costa Rica. This paper explores the sociopolitical relationships established by the multicultural actors in this mesh, during the late sixteenth century and the seventeenth century, including alliances made by different cacicazgos in the area.El presente artículo analiza las relaciones conflictivas que surgieron entre los nicaraos, los indios votos y los huetares, ubicados en territorios de las actuales Nicaragua y Costa Rica, en el siglo XVI. Se refiere a algunos de los problemas que pudieron surgir entre estos pueblos con la llegada de los españoles, lo que generó la necesidad de negociaciones entre ellos.