Chavez to Managua Food
Crisis Talks
he five Central American
presidents invited
Venezuelan Hugo Chavez
to the Nicaraguan
capital on May 7 to
discuss food programs
designed to counteract
the crisis that has
hiked basic product
prices.
The meeting will also
deal with energy aid
projects from the South
American region,
explained the Honduran
president, Manuel Zelaya.
This action should not
be seen from a political
point of view, but as an
aid of solidarity from
one country to another,
the La Prensa newspaper
reported.
Zelaya assured that the
proposal was a joint
decision of five Central
American presidents in
acknowledgement of the
Venezuelan experience in
many worthwhile programs
and projects.
Events such as these are
advantageous for Central
America he said, and
recalled the benefits
reported about the
approach of the Hugo
Chavez government such
as the contract with
Petrocaribe.
The agreement approved
by the Honduran congress
in March this year,
established an initial
purchase of 200,000
barrels a day of fuel
from Venezuela.
The alliance that is
based on regional
integration also allows
the purchase of
fertilizers and 100 farm
tractors in exchange for
agricultural products
from Central America,
the paper report added.
Honduras is the 17th
member of Petrocaribe
since the last meeting
held in Cuba in December
of 2007. |
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