The Government of Guatemala had to pay $600K for canceling a loan granted by the BNDES in Brazil to buy aircraft from Embraer, another Brazilian company.
S21.com reports that "The government paid $595,461.22 on 19 February because it did not confirm the adquistion of a $133 million loan from the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) for the purchase of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft."
The Salvadoran government plans to acquire a fleet of 10 A-37 aircraft which the Chilean government is selling in the amount of $8.6 million.
This was reported by the Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes during his speech at the celebration of the 189th anniversary of the founding of the Armed Forces and the Day of the Soldier.
"This fleet will strengthen (...) to our air force, which in recent decades has not had the necessary support," said Funes.