Ortega to Meet Private Businesspeople in Nicaragua
(Prensa Latina) Nicaraguan President elect Daniel Ortega will meet next week, in this capital, with the local and Latin American private businesspeople, to discuss "strategic points of development and investment," a source of the future government announced on Saturday.

According to Vice president elect Jaime Morales Carazo, the meeting was scheduled for December 15, although the date is subject to changes.

Morales Carazo told the local press the private businesspeople´s proposals will be related to the work in the assembly plants, tourism, and development of the Atlantic Coast.

Those are proposals that the private sector is presenting to the new government to generate jobs, exports, and favor greater consumption of national products, Carazo explained.

After being proclaimed winner of the presidential elections on November 5, Ortega met diverse sectors of the Nicaraguan society, as the local businesspeople and foreign investors.

The president elect promised in those meetings to respect the private initiative and market economy, and the agreements in force, with the international financial organizations and the United States.