Word: contra
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...credibility of the fragile peace process and augments Arias' moral authority as an arbiter of peace to wrest new concessions from the various parties to the plan. At the same time, it further impedes the Reagan Administration's attempts to secure $270 million in new aid for the contra rebels fighting the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. Concedes an Administration official: "This complicates everything we're trying to do in Central America...
...plan and to the region-wide cease-fire scheduled to begin Nov. 5. The White House counters that no peace can endure so long as the Sandinistas fail to evict Cuban and Soviet advisers from Nicaraguan soil and refuse to negotiate a cease-fire directly with the contra leadership. Neither action is required under the terms of the accord...
Still, a clamor is building for a negotiated cease-fire in Nicaragua. Bolstered by the peace prize, Arias renewed his calls last week for indirect talks between the Sandinistas and the contra leaders to be mediated by Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, Nicaragua's Roman Catholic Primate. "There's a new mood in Central America now," Arias told TIME. "I hope President Ortega will revise his position and accept dialogue." Two other signatories to the peace plan, El Salvador's President Jose Napoleon Duarte and Honduras' President Jose Azcona Hoyo, echoed Arias' appeal...
Meanwhile, the six-member political directorate of the contras offered to travel to Managua to hold direct talks with the Sandinistas. "So far the Sandinistas have been able to comply with the easy part of the plan," said Alfredo Cesar. "We are starting today the hardball game." Ortega swiftly warned that the rebel leaders would be jailed if they tried to return to Nicaragua without first applying for amnesty. But aides close to Arias expect that the Sandinistas will soon grant a concession on this point. They claim that Ortega has quietly asked Arias for help in persuading some...
...plan implemented. In the House, effusive congratulations were offered by Speaker Jim Wright, who rallied to Arias' efforts after a regional peace plan that he co-sponsored with Reagan proved stillborn. "Oscar Arias is a man of vision," he said. As for the Administration's bid for new contra aid, House Majority Whip Tony Coelho of California stated flatly, "This kills it. It's dead...