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Nicaragua to receive 107 Chinese buses to modernize urban transport
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Nicaragua to receive 107 Chinese buses to modernize urban transport

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire Official statement New plan
  • Nicaragua will receive 107 Chinese buses on Sept. 3 as part of a government purchase of 2,500 vehicles from China.
  • Vice President Rosario Murillo said another 700 buses would arrive before the end of the year for municipalities and public transport services.
  • The buses were purchased under an agreement between China’s Yutong and the Nicaraguan government, but officials have not disclosed the unit cost or sales terms for transport operators.

Nicaragua is set to receive 107 more buses from China on Sept. 3, adding to a fleet the government says will modernize urban public transport.

Vice President Rosario Murillo announced the delivery through official media in Managua. The buses form part of a purchase of 2,500 vehicles from the People’s Republic of China. Nicaragua received 60 vehicles the previous month, Murillo said.

“Another 107 buses from the People’s Republic of China will join the modern fleet serving Nicaraguan families this Thursday, September 3,” Murillo said. She also announced that 700 additional buses would arrive before the end of the year for municipalities and public transportation.

Another 107 buses from the People’s Republic of China will join the modern fleet serving Nicaraguan families this Thursday, September 3.

— Rosario MurilloThe Nicaraguan vice president announced the next bus delivery.

The purchase resulted from an agreement signed in Managua between the Nicaraguan government and Yutong, a Chinese company described by the government as a leading transport-vehicle manufacturer. Nicaraguan authorities have not provided details on the price of each bus or on how much transport operators will pay for them.

China and Nicaragua restored diplomatic relations in December 2021, after Nicaragua broke off its official ties with Taiwan, whose sovereignty Beijing claims.

And before the end of the year, another 700 buses will arrive for the municipalities and for the dignification of public transport.

— Rosario MurilloMurillo described the planned additional deliveries and their intended use.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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