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...Sandinistas and the contras see eye to eye on very few things, but the two sides did agree that Nicaraguan Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, 62, should mediate their cease-fire talks. Not anymore. After overseeing two sessions since January, Obando, a longtime critic of the regime, was abruptly dismissed last week by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra, 42. Though the contras objected to Obando's ouster, Ortega named his younger brother, Defense Minister Humberto Ortega, 40, to head a government delegation that planned to hold the Sandinistas' first face-to-face meeting with rebel leaders this week...
Cease-fire talks between the two warring sides were stalled, and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega proposed for the first time holding high-level direct talks inside Nicaragua, without Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo, who has been serving as a mediator...
...plan, offered by Obando y Bravo on Thursday, called on the contras to accept a cease-fire in exchange for four major concessions by the Sandinistas, including a total amnesty for all political prisoners and full freedom of the press...
...news conference after the talks ended, Jaime Morales, the chief contra negotiator, said his team had the ability to make decisions on the spot, noting that the rebels had accepted Obando y Bravo's proposal Thursday night...
...attorney quoted the Nicaraguan president as saying he would be willing to talk to Obando y Bravo about his proposal but did not want his negotiators to discuss it at the contra talks...