Weekly Report - 23 December 2003

The realignment of political forces in Nicaragua has clearly not yet settled down. Immediately after the collapse of the pact between the Sandinistas and the pro-Alemán Liberals, both Liberal factions came together to approve the budget law required by the IMF [WR-03-49]. A week later the pro-Alemán faction found itself confronting a joint move in the national assembly that has precipitated a conflict of powers.