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Acceptance speeches by Nobel Peace prizewinners tend to be windy affairs, but Oscar Arias Sanchez's message last week was short, simple -- and aimed directly at the two superpowers. "Let Central Americans decide the future of Central America," the Costa Rican President told his Oslo audience. "Send our people plowshares instead of swords." Then Arias, who won his prize for formulating last summer's Central American peace plan, beamed happily as he accepted his gold medal...
...regional peace plan, which the presidents of Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Honduras signed in August is aimed at ending the war in Nicaragua, and leftist guerrilla wars in El Salvador and Guatemala...
...their proposals directly to Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, who is expected to mediate between the guerrillas and the government. Forbidden to enter Nicaraguan territory unless they accept amnesty from the Sandinistas, Robelo and Ferrey settled for handing their plan to Monsignor Etokudoh Camillus, the Vatican's emissary in Costa Rica. Etokudoh flew to Managua and presented the contra document to the Cardinal. Obando plans to meet with contra leaders before divulging their proposals to the government...
Certainly Wright was at the center of the action. Last August the Texas Democrat and President Reagan co-sponsored a peace plan for Central America. Two days later in Guatemala City, five of the region's Presidents, including Ortega, signed a different accord, this one championed by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez. Wright quickly threw his support behind the homegrown pact and invited Arias to address Congress. Since then Wright has repeatedly warned the Reagan Administration that no new funds for military aid to the contras will be approved so long as the peace process remains alive...
...Honduran official, alluding to the Reagan-Wright plan, which was unveiled without consulting the allies. Last week State Department officials continued to insist publicly that any U.S. talks with Nicaragua must include the other Central American countries. But privately they said Shultz was pushing Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica to back bilateral talks...