Weekly Report - 10 February 2004

NICARAGUA: New bid to get Alemán released

Central America & Caribbean 17 February 2004 Modified: 10 February 2004 286 views

US ambassador Barbara Moore has been trying hard to bring back together the factions of the ruling Liberal party she briefly united weeks ago [WR-03-49], as the old split reemerges with a plan by the followers of jailed former President Arnoldo Alemán to get their leader released. At a meeting with the umbrella business association Cosep last week, in the presence of President Enrique Bolaños, she said, `I hope this is not so. I hope this is not so.'

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