Mexico to Invest in
Nicaragua's Roads
President Felipe
Calderon said Mexico
will finance three
highway projects in
Nicaragua as part of a
development scheme aimed
at strengthening
economic links with
Central America.
Flanked by his
Nicaraguan counterpart,
Daniel Ortega, Calderon
announced the investment
late Wednesday under the
so-called Puebla-Panama
plan, which is designed
to bring together
economies from southern
Mexico to Panama. He did
not provide further
details.
"This is an example that
for Mexico, Nicaragua is
a fellow country, whose
development is as vital
as ours," Calderon said.
Ortega, who is on a
two-day visit to Mexico,
called for greater unity
in Latin America saying
it would help the region
become a political and
economic power.
"We are challenging
those who have tried to
keep us divided ...
those who have aspired
to fragment us in order
to better exploit us,"
Ortega said.
A former Marxist who
headed a leftist
Sandinista government
that battled U.S.-backed
Contra rebels in the
1980s, Ortega was
defeated at the polls in
1990, but was elected
anew in November. |
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