In a new attempt to solve the political and economic crisis affecting Nicaragua since April last year, the businessmen proposed to the government to resume negotiations in a "fast, effective and credible" way.
"… We hope that the Government and the Civic Alliance negotiators will carry out the necessary actions reflecting a sincere political will to solve the situation the nation is going through, through a fast, effective and credible negotiation", details a statement signed by businessmen Roberto Zamora, Carlos Pellas, Ramiro Ortiz M., Juan B. Sacasa, and José Antonio Baltodano.
Poverty has declined, foreign investment has quintupled in a decade, the economy has grown more than the average in Central America and Nicaraguan businessmen are applauding it.
Carlos Pellas, one of the most successful Central American businessmen with investments in sectors relating to financial insurance, agribusiness, information technology, energy, vehicle distribution, and production and beer and spirits, did not make a statement in a merely personal capacity but rather one relating to the economy of his country, Nicaragua, when he said that "people think that things are going well, there is a lot of investment, construction has grown, it is a dynamic sector, you can tell that from one look".
The new terminal in Tola, Rivas, is now receiving private flights and it has been announced that on November 14 it will begin commercial operations with Sansa and La Costeña.
The airport built by Pellas Group is part of the tourist resort at Guacalito Island, also owned by the business group, which announced plans to extend the runway to give it a a length of 2100 meters in three or four years, which will require an investment about $10 million.
While opponents criticize the union between the old and the new oligarchies, from the pragmatism of both of them emerges a Nicaragua with projects that promise a better future.
An article published on Bloomberg.com reviews the life of Carlos Pellas, in which he is described as being the only Nicaraguan who has more than a billion dollars in assets.
A group of Central American business people are building the luxury resort Dreams Las Mareas in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
Operations are expected to start in November at the luxury resort Dreams Las Mareas in Guanacaste, whose construction started months ago having been set up by a group of businessmen in the region, using an investment of $125 million.
Leading Nicaraguan entrepreneurs continue to support the model of economic negotiation with the government.
"Everyone here is free to move, the press is free to speak and I think from that point of view we are living in an open society," said the businessman Carlos Pellas, president of Grupo Pellas.
Entrepreneurs like Carlos Pellas and Piero Coen agree that the "understanding with the Government has brought economic growth."
Organized by ProNicaragua and the Superior Council of Private Enterprise (COSEP) the event "Nicaragua Growing Together" aims to attract investments in all sectors of the Nicaraguan economy.
The investment forum aims to gather together business owners and executives in the country to talk to a visiting group of investors about the business benefits on offer.
Grupo Pellas has estimated that this will be the number of jobs generated once the project becomes operational.
The Guacalito Tourism Project, which is being developed by the Pellas Group on Nicaragua’s Pacific beaches will be inaugurated at the end of next year, company representatives announced.
The construction of the project is progressing steadily, and so far over a thousand people have been employed, but it is estimated that this figure will increase as work progresses and operations start.