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Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Nicaragua, suspended the talks in midafternoon, expressing disappointment that his proposal had not been accepted "in principle" by both sides...
...plan, offered by Obando y Bravo on Thursday, called on the contras to accept a cease-fire in exchange for four major concessions by the Sandinistas, including a total amnesty for all political prisoners and full freedom of the press...
...opposition news outlets, the newspaper La Prensa and Radio Catolica, and pardoned 16 jailed rebel sympathizers. Sensing defeat, the U.S. Administration scaled back its request to just $30 million. Still, Ortega pressed on. He agreed to indirect talks with the contras and designated Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo as the mediator. In the end, Congress granted only $14.4 million...
...talks next week will take place without Obando y Bravo, who said he has to be in Rome on Vatican business. The cardinal, Roman Catholic archbishop of Managua, said he designated top aides to mediate in his absence...
...Obando y Bravo, himself a leading critic of the Sandinista government, was not available to answer reporters' questions after meeting the six Resistance directors...