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Their stated mission was to educate, not to interfere. But the State Department advisers who traveled to Central America last week had more in mind than a polite review of the peace accord that five Central American nations, including Nicaragua, signed in Guatemala City in early August. U.S. officials admitted that their goal was to slow progress on the peace plan, which, as far as the Reagan Administration is concerned, should never have been adopted in the first place. Said a U.S. diplomat: "It's like trying to put the brakes on a runaway train heading downhill...
...rebel radio station. Three days later Reagan met with contra leaders in Los Angeles. In Washington, officials criticized the Sandinistas, issuing statements of support for imprisoned Nicaraguans who had embarked on a hunger strike and finding fault with Managua's attempts to comply with provisions of the peace accord...
...White House was attempting to recover from a series of miscalculations that could doom the contra effort for good. In early August, Reagan startled members of his Administration by unveiling a peace plan that was co-sponsored by Democratic House Speaker Jim Wright. According to State Department officials, Reagan had intended to present the Sandinistas with a proposal that they could only reject, then ask Congress for new contra funding before the current aid expires on Sept. 30. But the scheme went awry. Three days later, when the Presidents of El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua...
...Washington's distress, the Guatemala plan has almost totally eclipsed ) the Reagan Administration's version in public discussions. Three of the contras' six civilian directors embraced the accord last week, saying they would return to Nicaragua if conditions for a cease-fire scheduled for Nov. 7 were met. "We are prepared to give the plan a fair try," said Alfonso Robelo. "We won't put up any hurdles." Contra Military Commander Enrique Bermudez, however, asserted that the rebels would not lay down their weapons on Nov. 7, nor would they accept an amnesty offered by Ortega. During their meeting with...
...only European country considering the legalization of euthanasia -- or mercy death, as the Dutch prefer to call it. Although euthanasia is illegal, Dutch physicians carry out an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 mercy deaths every year under a set of unofficial conditions: request of the patient, unbearable suffering, accord of the family and a second opinion by another physician. A panel of five provincial attorneys general reviews cases on a regular basis. In 1984 one of the smaller opposition parties proposed a law that would legalize euthanasia along the lines of present practice. The government is working...