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Weekly Report - 20 August 2015 (WR-15-33)
NICARAGUA: Closing a chapter with the US
The US government has announced the lifting of restrictions in place since the 1990s requiring the Nicaraguan government to seek an annual waiver to access international credit and bilateral assistance. This waiver in turn was dependent on Nicaragua resolving a number of ownership claims by US citizens relating to property seized by the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) government in the 1980s. The Sandinista government led by President Daniel Ortega is hailing the move as an important step forward in efforts to improve the country’s image abroad.
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