Spanish Top Official's Visit Marks Week in Nicaragua

The visit to Nicaragua of the President of the Spanish Senate, Pio Garcia-Escudero, and the rejection by the executive and legislative branches of the coup in Paraguay are among highlights of the week here.

The Spanish leader arrived in Nicaragua on June 26 from Costa Rica in an international tour in preparation of the Parliamentary Forum that will be the prelude to the Summit of Heads of State, to be held in Cadiz, Spain, in October and November.

Garcia-Escudero confirmed his government's will to support this nation in the fight against poverty, and stressed the efforts of the Nicaraguan Executive to benefit the people in sectors such as health, education and housing.

Nicaragua's National Assembly awarded Garcia-Escudero with the Order General Jose Dolores Estrada, Battle of San Jacinto, the highest honor granted by Parliament to distinguished personalities or institutions.

On Wednesday afternoon, the top official opened the Crime Laboratory of the National Police of Nicaragua, mostly funded by Spanish cooperation with maximum technological progress, expected to be of reference to police and legal institutions from the Central American region.

President Ortega thanked the European government for the help granted to his country in different programs, despite the economic crisis in Spain.

Also this week, Ortega stated that Nicaragua will not recognize the new government in the wake of a coup in Paraguay, and denounced the existence of a conspiracy that is trying to weaken the process of struggle in Latin American and Caribbean peoples.