Crossing the border

Submitted by kjeff on 16 December, 2005 - 20:43.

I have a friend who lives in the Chinandega area. She is a nurse who built a clinic with her own money to help the rural villages. She drove a school bus to Nicaragua filled with medical equipment and educational supplies. The bus has been sitting at the border since December 7th with lots of hassle over paper work. She had letters of introduction from both the Ministers of Health and Education. The bus is a 1991 model and Nicaragua recently passed a law barring any bus over 10 years old. Her journey to Nicaragua began before the bill was passed. Very discouraging. Any ideas from anyone. HELP PLEASE!

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Sick!

Submitted by VidaVerde on 17 December, 2005 - 09:53.

Kjeff,

Considering the vast majority of busses in country are 1960-70 vintage, this sucks! I assume she is sleeping in the bus while all this goes down. I wish I could help. I'm socked in up in the cold of Oregon this winter.

How about trying to go thru the border at the entrypoing north of Esteli (or any other crossing available) and have someone meet her with a little palm grease? I will forward up to $50 to do (or reimburse for) the greasing.

This kind of stuff just should not happen, but we frequently get caught in the red tape.

-Carl