Nicaragua: Government, Opposition Resume Talks
The resumption of talks between the opposition parties with parliamentary representation and the government of President Enrique Bolaños marked the political life during the past week in Nicaragua.

Talks seeking to achieve stability following ten months of disputes between the executive and the legislative were about to be thwarted after a meeting they held on October 26.

The new crisis triggered as Bolaños and the Constitutional Liberal Party wanted the National Assembly to urgently attend to a package of economic laws to please the international Monetary Fund demands.

The IMF seeks changes in regulations on the Financial Administration, The Fund of Deposits, Municipal Transfers and Bank Administration Office, among others.

Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega denounced the tactic and made it clear that talks would stop if those laws were approved.

The Sandinistas said those changes should be carefully analyzed because of their large social impact in the nation.

Given the FSLN stance, the administration withdrew its proposal and submitted it to parliamentary commissions.

In the meeting held on Friday, the main political players of Nicaragua agreed to create commissions to determine the agenda of their next negotiation and hold consultations on the 2006 General Budget.

They agreed to restart talks next December 10.