Regional Office Set up to Promote Investment

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The creation of the office forms part of a strategic plan designed to attract foreign capital to the region.

"The presidential delegate for the promotion of investments in Nicaragua, Álvaro Baltodano, stated that the idea is to research all the strategic regional areas that can be optimized in order to attract more investment," reports Laprensa.com.ni.

Regional representatives have agreed the creation of a network of investment promotion agencies in Central America and Panama to enable the flow of institutional investment information throughout the region.

Source: laprensa.com.ni

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