Word: colombia
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Still, the rattled nerves in Managua could only have pleased the Reagan Administration in Washington, which has long sought to curb Nicaraguan support for leftist guerrillas in El Salvador. The four nations that form the so-called Contadora Group (Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela) announced last week that all the region's governments, including even a wary Nicaragua, had agreed on a schedule for substantive discussions about a comprehensive Central American peace plan. If the Big Pine II exercises and Grenada invasion have encouraged Nicaragua's cooperation, said a State Department official tartly, "so much the better...
...crowd gathered in the columned halls of the presidential palace in Bogotá, Colombia, to await the outcome of the second face-to-face meeting between representatives of El Salvador's warring factions, rumors spread that the talks were on the verge of collapse. So when delegates from the Salvadoran Peace Commission and from the five-faction guerrilla movement that opposes the government emerged from the negotiating chamber nearly 3 ½ hours later, the sense of relief was almost palpable. "The door is open for future meetings," said a smiling Colombian President Belisario Betancur as he posed with...
EVGENY EVTUSHENKO Bogota, Colombia...
...crops annually, double those produced in Peru and Bolivia, where coca is grown legally. Colombian smuggling groups anticipated the record crop by upping the refining capacities of their labs. "They've overproduced, like General Motors turning out too many Chevrolets," says Nehrbass. Coke's wholesale price in Colombia has fallen from $22,000 to $9,000 in the past year. To reduce inventories, drug wholesalers must move their shipments fast; processed coke is highly perishable. Hauling large amounts makes them vulnerable to seizures. Since June 17 the National Narcotics Border Interdiction System has recovered more than...
Reagan told De la Madrid last week that the U.S. would welcome further diplomatic assistance in the region. Mexico's quiet diplomacy was helpful in arranging the meeting between U.S. Ambassador Richard Stone and exiled Salvadoran Opposition Leader Ruben Zamora in Colombia last month. Sepulveda has hinted that the same communication lines are still open to broaden U.S. contacts with other Salvadoran guerrilla leaders. Whatever the differences that divide, Mexico will have to play a role commensurate with its size and prominence...