At the request of the government, the BCIE approved the loan for which the country will provide the equivalent for the construction of two roads, in addition to the Millennium Challenge Account.
The first of the two highways will join La Paz Centro in Malpaisillo with Villa 15 de Julio, to form an alternate route to El Guasuale; the second road is from Nejapa, Izapa to Puerto Sandino.
The Millennium Challenge has been participating as a co-financier along with the Government of Nicaragua to build the aforementioned highways. However, due to the pending threat from the Government of the United States to cut financing in response to accusations that Nicaragua has violated one of the requirements in order to maintain the projects.