Originally Posted by Summerwind

<snip>"We will work to combine Iranian investment with other friendly countries," Ortega said. "Venezuela would be ready and willing to take part in an effort like this."

Under the accords, Iran will fund a farm equipment assembly plant, 4,000 tractors, four hydroelectric plants, five milk-processing plants, a health clinic, 10,000 houses, and two piers in the western port of Corinto, Rosario Murillo, government spokeswoman, said.

The signing ceremony, led by Ortega and Hamid Chitchian, Iranian energy minister, came one week after the US ambassador to Nicaragua warned the Central American nation about its increasingly close ties with Iran.

"Iran can be a dangerous partner," Paul Trivelli said. <snip>

Al Jazeera English - News - Iran To Fund Nicaraguan Projects).

Originally Posted by Summerwind

Yeah, like the US ISN'T a dangerous partner. Remember we used to be partners with Iraq and Afghanistan (oh, that's right, we are again psuedo-partners with Afghanistan after we abandoned them, then attacked them).