Nicaraguan President Blamed for
Internal Political Crisis
Nicaraguan president, Enrique
Bolaños, is responsible for the
current confrontation between
the country´s single-chamber
Congress and the executive
power, according to political
analyst Oscar Rene Vargas.
Speaking to Prensa Latina,
Vargas said the president had
been reluctant to start talks on
the issue and now is ignoring
the reforms approved by
legislators.
He recalled that the General
Secretary of the Sandinista
National Liberation Front (FSLN),
Daniel Ortega, had invited him
"to find some consensual
alternative to the crisis."
Differences between the
legislative power and the
presidential house became more
sour this week as Vargas ordered
deputies to modify the
Constitution in an attempt to
gain more power, while declaring
he would defend his authority
"at any rate."
In less than one month the
parliament ratified Law on Arms,
which enables it to accept or
refuse the acquisition of war
means as well as to destroy
weapons in the hands of police
and the Army.
Another reform gives the
deputies the authority to demand
that ministers, vice ministers
and state officials report on
their work.
The sociologist considered that
Bolaños is pushing the nation
into an unprecedented crisis in
which he is trying to involve
the Army and the Police.
He warned that if Bolaños
accuses congressmen of plotting
a coup d´etat there is no way to
sustain such a charge, as the
legsilators are only acting in
line with the Constitution.
According to Vargas, the
president refuses to listen to
the opposition´s arguments and
to see the country´s stark
reality as an impoverished
neo-colonial nation.
He ruled out the possibility of
Bolaños declaring a State of
Emergency, as it would break the
Constitutional order and end up
in a a total disaster for the
country.
Vietnam and Cuba Sign Contract
for Building Expressway
Vietnam and Cuba signed a
contract through which the
Quality Couriers International (QCI)
enterprise will take part in the
construction of Ho Chi Minh
City-Trung Luong expressway.
The agreement was signed at
Melia Hotel between Duong Tuan
Minh, Director of the Project
Control, My Thuan, in charge of
the work, and Ramon Suarez
Martin, QCI President who is
having a working visit in Hanoi.
The ceremony was also attended
by the vice minister of
transport, Nguyen Viet Tien, the
Cuban ambassador in Vietnam,
Jesus Aise Sotolongo, and both
countries representatives and
officials.
The new expressway will begin to
be built on December 16 and for
that occasion a ceremony will
take place presided over by
Prime Minister Phan Van Khai,
according to the report given by
the organizers to Prensa Latina.
Cuban engineers of asphalt,
ground and bridges will be in
charge of consultancy and advice
of the work that is expected to
be concluded in 36 months at a
cost of about 417 million
dollars coming from states
funds.
After signing the agreement the
General Director of the Project,
Thuan Minh explained the
characteristics of the plan and
the decision to select Cuban
specialists for their spirit and
quality of work as well as
international solidarity.
Tuan highlighted that the
participation of Cuban
constructors in this project
contribute to strengthen
peoples´ friendship.
Cuban ambassador, Aise Sotolongo
said the signing of the
agreement represent the
brotherhood between Cuba and
Vietnam showing also the good
relations among the two
countries.
Prime Minister Van Khai put all
his trust in the QCI because of
its proven efficiency and high
sense of responsibility,
seriousness and discipline in
the fulfilment of its role.
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Brazil's biggest party votes to
leave government
Brazil's biggest political party
voted Sunday to withdraw from
the coalition government, a
second political blow to
President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva in as many days.
The Popular Socialist Party
voted to leave the governing
coalition on Saturday.
Both parties are unhappy with
Lula's conservative fiscal
policies.
The Brazilian Democratic
Movement Party, or PMDB, called
on all its members to quit
Lula's government and support
the party's own candidate for
the presidential elections in
2006.
However, PMDB's two cabinet
ministers, Communications
Minister Eunicio Oliveira and
Pensions Minister Amir Lando,
have indicated they would stay
in their posts in defiance of
their party's threat that they
would be expelled if they do so.
It remains to be seen how many
legislators would follow their
party's call as the party is
divided.
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