Taiwan Gives
Half-A-Million Dollars
In Aid To Nicaragua
The government of Taiwan
has handed
half-a-million dollars
over to Nicaragua to
finance projects to
strengthen the country's
institutions and to
promote investment and
foreign trade.
Nicaraguan Foreign
Ministry officials said
Thursday in Managua that
the assistance was part
of an agreement that
Nicaraguan Foreign
Minister Samuel Santos
and Taiwanese Ambassador
Wu Chin-mu signed
Tuesday.
Santos said it
highlighted the
'extraordinary
cooperation,
collaboration and
understanding' between
the two countries since
Nicaraguan President
Daniel Ortega was
inaugurated in January
2007.
He added that Taiwan is
helping Nicaragua in the
fields of energy, food,
health, education,
justice and
infrastructure, among
others.
Taiwan and China split
at the end of a civil
war in 1949, but Beijing
still considers the
island an integral part
of the mainland that
must be brought back
into the Chinese fold.
Nicaragua is one of only
a few dozen countries in
the world who recognize
Taiwan as a country.
Several of its allies
are in Central America,
though Costa Rica's
decision last year to
switch its recognition
to China has caused many
in Taiwan to fear that
other countries in the
region might follow
suit.
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