Latinnews Daily - 3 March 2005
NICARAGUA: Fresh bid to free Alemán
Development: The Partido Liberal Constitucionalista (PLC) presented an amnesty bill to the national assembly on 1 March that would revoke all convictions for misuse of public funds and electoral crimes committed after 1990. The main beneficiary would be the PLC leader and former president Arnoldo Alemán, who is currently under house arrest serving a 20-year sentence for corruption charges to the tune of US$100m.
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