Chávez Accused Of Making
"False Promises" in
Nicaragua
Venezuela has made
"false promises" of
cooperation with
Nicaragua, said
Nicaraguan opposition
leader Eduardo
Montealegre, following a
two-day visit Venezuelan
President Hugo Chávez
paid to the Central
American country last
week.
Montealegre, leader of
the Nicaraguan Liberal
Alliance (ALN) and
second runner-up in the
vote where Sandinist
Daniel Ortega won the
presidency in November
2006, said that
Venezuelan cooperation
was "much ado about
nothing," EFEquoted.
Chávez "has made many
promises (to Nicaragua),
but has kept none."
"Just look at the number
of the promises he has
made to Latin America:
US$30 billion in one
year, US$19 billion the
next year, and here
(Nicaragua) he is at
US$4-5 billion,"
Montealegre said.
Chávez said Venezuela
would provide 240
megawatts of power
supply to Nicaragua in
2008. Also claimed his
government was pondering
plans to invest in
geothermal power
projects and open a
fertilizers plant.
He also disclosed plans
to purchase from
Nicaragua staples such
as milk, beef, and
others. Chávez is set to
move forward with a
personal project to link
the Pacific to the
Nicaraguan Caribbean
through a highway.
Venezuela also plans to
build a refinery, a
petrochemical plant and
a so-called social
interest district in
Piedras Blancas. |
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