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...more weapons and military advisers." The study, prepared under the direction of Sol Linowitz, former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States, encouraged direct negotiations between the government and guerrillas in El Salvador. It also urged the U.S. to stop supporting the contras who are fighting Nicaragua's Sandinista government...
...before Mexico's President assured Congress that "dialogue and a negotiated solution are possible" in Central America, two of the region's nations announced that they had arrived at exactly that kind of arrangement. After a daylong meeting in Panama City, Costa Rica and Nicaragua signed an agreement allowing multinational inspection teams along their 192-mile border. The accord was a concrete step toward ending tension that began when Nicaragua attacked U.S.-backed contra guerrillas who operate from Costa Rica...
Although its results have been elusive, the one certainty about Contadora is that virtually everyone supports the idea. The Reagan Administration and European allies endorse it; so do the Soviet Union, Cuba and Nicaragua's Sandinistas. Congressional and other critics of U.S. policy regularly pillory the Administration for not paying enough attention to Contadora. U.S. backing for Contadora, former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States Sol Linowitz charged last week, was merely "lip service...
Contadora is an effort by the four sponsoring countries to mediate among five Central American nations: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala. Both the U.S. and Cuba were specifically excluded. In July 1983, the presidents of the four Contadora states pledged to seek, among other things, "effective control of the [regional] arms race, the withdrawal of foreign advisers ... and the prohibition of the use of the territory of one state to plan military or political activities that will cause instability in other states." Meeting at the National Bank of Panama building in Panama City last September, the group...
According to the Reagan Administration, the lack of progress is partly the result of foot-dragging on the part of Nicaragua. Indeed, Washington argues that its covert support for the contras is one of the few sources of leverage on the Sandinistas to cooperate in Contadora. One State Department official says that only a diplomatic ruse got the Sandinistas to agree to discuss Contadora's 20 goals. By his account, the Nicaraguans for several months sought to avoid sessions with the other Central American nations before agreeing to join a ceremonial dinner. Once the Nicaraguans were seated, the impasse...