La Prensa's version of the meeting played up the political differences between Sergio Ramirez and Daniel Ortega and stated that Antonio Lacayo and President Chamorro had lost confidence in Ramirez which means that the Center Group in the National Assembly would no longer cooperate with Ramirez in common projects. La Prensa hinted strongly that the Ortega brothers were supporting Lacayo, although the paper did not state for what. Leticia Herrera who was detained between the 24th and 26th of July in Miami as she returned to Managua, via Miami, from a meeting in Venezuela. Herrera was detained one night in the Krome detention center. The Minister stated that the situation is especially alarming in the areas of Leon, Chinandega, Madriz, Nueva Segovia, Matagalpa and Esteli, and that preschool and primary school age children are the most affected.
Rains finally stabilize, but damage is done.
It appears that winter, the Nicaraguan rainy season, finally has begun to normalize in time for the second planting stage of the season, but farmers are worried that bank credit will not be available because of inability to pay for damages suffered from the drought. The rest of the aid will be used to finance food for work programs for farm families in Region II, Leon and Chinandega, the region most affected by the drought, where 30,000 of a total of almost 39,000 manzanas were lost because of the drought. Aid will also be sent to Region I which lost approximately half its crops. Mexico has been the first country to offer concrete assistance, followed by the European Union. Normal banking operations will also be made available to the public.