Weekly Report - 4 November 2003

NICARAGUA: Sandinista `ransom' bid unites Liberals

Central America & Caribbean 24 April 2007 Modified: 04 November 2003 372 views

President Enrique Bolaños is accusing the opposition Sandinistas of holding the government to ransom -- literally. he says the price the Sandinista legislators are demanding for voting in favour of economic measures agreed with the IMF, and therefore crucial to the debt reduction the government seeks, is US$16m.

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