Montealegre added that the waiver to the Helms-Burton Act recently extended by President Clinton in order to allow U.S. aid to reach Nicaragua was itself based on the condition of progress being made on resolving the property question. Also last week, Supreme Court President Guillermo Vargas Sandino met with Foreign Minister Montealegre and informed him that the tribunals mandated by the property agreement of 1997 are being set up and will begin functioning at the end of this month or the beginning of September. The occasion is always accompanied by excessive drinking and abundant fireworks. For the first time in history, Santo Domingo made his usual trip without any lamentable incident. The statue will be returned to the Sierras of Managua on the 10th of August.
Many businesses close down for both of the saint's trips.
All that is lacking is for the pact between the Liberals and the Sandinistas to be signed, and the measure separating Ciudad Sandino, El Crucero, and Santa Domingo de las Sierras from the central zone of Managua will be ready to be sent to the National Assembly. According to the Constitution, amendments to the electoral law must be passed by two consecutive legislatures. President Aleman gave assurances that the proposal would be ready in time to be presented to the Assembly and voted upon. The situation for children in Nicaragua reflects the economic trouble that Nicaragua is facing and its grim future. It is now being recognized that globalization is not helping the basic problems that developing countries have.