NEW BUSES* Nicaragua - Gets Free GAZ Buses After Supporting South Ossetia
Managua,Nicaragua -The Moscow Times (Moscow,Russia)-18 May 2009: -- Nicaraguan President, Daniel Ortega, on Friday accepted delivery of 130 buses donated by the Russian government to help ease the country's public transportation problems... In September, Nicaragua became the only country besides Russia to recognize the independence of the breakaway Georgian republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia after they declared their independence... The buses, provided by GAZ Group, were made at the Kurgan Bus Plant, and each seats 27 passengers. They will be used on suburban routes connecting Managua with regional cities... After the ceremony, Ortega and Kondrashev went on a tour of Managua in one of the buses... (Photo by Esteban Felix / AP - Ortega holding up a toy bus as he accepts 130 buses, background, Friday)Labels: new buses fleet
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