PARLACEN Opens in Nicaragua
The Central American Parliament (PARLACEN), whose members are reluctant to meet in the headquarters in Guatemala due to the insecurity situation in this country, will session Monday in Nicaragua.

PARLACEN will meet for a week in the old Presidential residence, a spacious building built by Taiwan at the end of the 90 s that Sandinista President Daniel Ortega refused to occupy after he assumed the government s leadership last January, claiming austerity as his motivation.

The building is now empty and was offered to PARLACEN board by the Sandinista President during a meeting held a few weeks ago, with the leadership of this sub-regional legislative entity.

Ortega s offer was encouraged by the environment of insecurity in Guatemala after three Salvadorian deputies were assassinated last February 19, by four police agents, allegedly linked to drug trafficking.

This Monday Nicaragua will be declared the "Central American Integration capital."

Sandinista deputy Jacinto Suarez told Prensa Latina that the capital city hall will declare 120 PARLACEN legislators as distinguished guests of the City.

The legislators agreed PARLACEN will session in Nicaragua this week and will move to Panama in April.

The legislative body was founded in 1991 and is formed by Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic.