Ralph Fonseca Secures US$10 million Grant from Venezuela

Housing Minister Ralph Fonseca today met with Venezuelan officials to agree to a US$10 million grant. According to a government release, the money will go for projects in education, health, roads and drainage. They also agreed discussed shipments under the Petrocaribe intiative and discussed a plan two build two 20,000 barrel tanks immediately and construct two more within the next 5 years. On the Venezuelans side, the meeting was led by Luis Rivas, the managing director of PDV Caribe.