Citing the high cost of maintaining their contingent of peacekeepers, Nicaragua warns it may have to pull out of the Iraq coalition.
Nicaragua, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, has 115 troops in Iraq. Most are medical personnel and landmine experts and are protected by a small group of special forces.
“It’s not a political matter. We have already said on previous occasions that the problem is we don’t have the money,” Foreign Minister Norman Caldera told journalists. He said Nicaragua had expected financial help from other countries for a planned rotation of troops in February but had not received any so far.
He did not say which country Nicaragua hoped would help it…read more
Okay, everybody, you have three guesses as to which country is supposed to foot the bill.