Word: central
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Central American Foreign Minister defended his nation's role in the Nicaraguan civil war as members of the audience questioned him about his country's allowing the contras to use Honduran land as a base for attack against the Sandinista government of Nicaragua...
...agreement reached in Guatemala this August grew out of the peace plan first proposed by Costa Rican president Oscar Arias in February. According to Contreras, Arias's plan was incomplete as it aimed to solve the Central American problems on a domestic level and ignored the global importance of the region...
...Central America and the Persian Gulf are the two hottest spots in the world right now," said Contreras. "We have to develop an international perspective about our problems, since they have been partially fueled by foreign funds...
...year-old foreign minister said that thepeace initiative is only a beginning, and theredevelopment of Central America is still adistant goal...
...perfection of a democratic system israrely achieved. It takes a great deal of effortand a great deal of time, so we must continue tobe patient in Central America," he said