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...Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez, it was a moment of truth. He had won the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize with a plan to end the violent political struggles that have long plagued Central America. But his five-month-old blueprint, far from halting the region's civil wars, had not even kept the combatants at the bargaining table. "The will for peace does not exist right now," conceded Arias before meeting last week with the four other Central American Presidents who had originally endorsed his plan in Guatemala City. "In 150 days, we have not been able to advance...
...JOSE, Costa Rica--Contra leaders met yesterday with peace mediator Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo and then announced that they will open direct cease-fire talks with Nicaragua's Sandinista government...
Sandinista negotiators arrived in San Jose late Wednesday, led by Nicaraguan Deputy Foreign Minister Victor Hugo Tinoco. He said his team came to Costa Rica to begin immediate negotiations with the Contras, although the talks were set for next Thursday...
...five months to have a meeting with Cardinal Obando, we had it today," Calero said "We agreed with him to have a face-to-face cease-fire meeting between the commission of the Sandinista government and the commission of the Nicaraguan Resistance on Jan. 28 in San Jose, Costa Rica...
...Reagan administration has announced its intention to request a renewal of aid on Jan. 26, and top administration officials have dismissed Ortega's promises at a weekend regional summit in Costa Rica as a ploy to fool Congress and undercut the rebels, who have become Reagan's top foreign policy priority...