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Bush chats with Ortega and expresses
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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
January9th,2007
U.S, President George Bush spoke with Daniel Ortega, the president-elect of Nicaragua, Monday and said that the United States has a continued interest in a relationship with that country. The gist of the conversation was relayed to reporters by Tony Snow, the White House spokesman, during his afternoon briefing. The Bush call also was to congratulate Ortega on his election victory and to express America's strong commitment to the well being of the Nicaraguan people, said Snow. Bush also noted such areas of concern as the Central American Free Trade Treaty and the Millennium Challenge Account, said Snow, adding that the U.S. president also noted that reconciliation, unity, democracy and job creation — the centerpieces of president-elect Ortega's platform — are also possible areas for cooperation. |
The Millennium Challenge Account is a fund
that rewards developing countries for efforts toward democracy.
Nicaragua has ratified the free trade agreement, although what a new
legislature dominated by Ortega and his Sandinista party might do still
is up in the air. Ortega, who led Nicaragua during the war with U.S. sponsored Contra rebels takes office Wednesday. In other news from Washington, the White House press office confirmed that Bush says he will nominate John Negroponte to be deputy secretary of State. He left his job as national intelligence director. There was some doubt about the appointment late last week. Negroponte, a career diplomat, was heavily involved in the Contra war when he was U.S. ambassador to Honduras in the 1980s. |