Ortega Works for Central America Integration
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega exhorted all Central American countries on Thursday to work for integration, at a moment of exceptional conditions for the unity of the Latin American peoples.

"These are really exceptional moments for Latin America, and for the first time we have conditions for integration and unity of the peoples," stated Ortega addressing on Wednesday the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN).

According to the Nicaraguan president, "we have been creating mechanisms of integration in the subcontinent that are truly taking us to the Latin American unity."

The Sandinista leader, who spoke in the solemn session of the sub-regional legislative body temporary meeting in Managua, lamented, however, the Costa Rica refuses to join those efforts.

"We lament Costa Rica s absence," affirmed Ortega, who criticized that country s President Oscar Arias, whom he accused of having abandoned those commitments when he signed the 1987 Esquipulas peace accords.

The Sandinista head of State, who took office on January 10, talked of the need to continue fighting to foster the PARLACEN, which was defined as the most important point of the Central American meeting.