Honduras, Nicaragua join U.S. trade pact

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Honduras, Nicaragua join U.S. trade pact

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduras and neighboring Nicaragua on Saturday joined a regional free trade agreement with the United States that has provoked protests throughout Central America.

At a ceremony to inaugurate the Central American Free Trade Agreement, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said his country is embarking on a "different and extremely important path for the strengthening of democracy."

The treaty, he added, is "a way for us to broaden our growth possibilities and reduce our poverty."

Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos - at an agricultural plant outside the capital city of Managua - certified his country's first export under the treaty, a $20,000 shipment of beans.

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[dipsydoodle]

1. $20,000

That much ! I'm sure the farmers are so underwhelmed.

[bemildred]

2. See, we still have a few "little buddies" left. nt