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...agreement reached in Guatemala this August grew out of the peace plan first proposed by Costa Rican president Oscar Arias in February. According to Contreras, Arias's plan was incomplete as it aimed to solve the Central American problems on a domestic level and ignored the global importance of the region...
...House of Representatives hummed with excitement as Congressmen and Senators, many with their spouses and children in tow, awaited the man of the hour. When Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez arrived, the crowd swept to its feet as shouts of "Bravo! Bravo!" echoed through the chamber. That exuberant welcome was a measure of the respect that Arias has won on Capitol Hill for the peace plan conceived by him and signed two months ago by five Central American Presidents in Guatemala City. Arias' 30-minute address to the informal joint gathering of Congress was teeming with platitudes and somewhat...
...endorsing a proposal for $3.5 million in nonlethal U.S. aid for the contras. The appropriation, approved the following day by the House, is intended to tide them over until the Nov. 7 start of a regional cease-fire called for by the Guatemala plan. Reagan and his Costa Rican guest also agreed that a unilateral truce promised last week by the Sandinistas would not produce an enduring peace...
When Democratic House Speaker Jim Wright first proposed last month that Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez be invited to address Congress, the White House responded with enthusiasm. Officials reasoned that a visit from Arias, architect of the peace plan signed last month in Guatemala City by five Central American Presidents, would demonstrate the Reagan Administration's interest in talking peace rather than making...
Reagan has made little effort to hide his disdain for the Guatemala peace accord, most recently charging that it "falls short of the safeguards" contained in an earlier proposal put forward by Reagan and Wright. The White House has interpreted Arias' visit as a snub. "How would the Costa Ricans like it if our President were to accept an invitation from their legislature, pretty much bypassing their executive branch?" observed an Administration official. Costa Rican officials based in Washington deny that Arias is intentionally insulting Reagan. In fact, shortly after Wright extended his invitation, the Costa Ricans suggested a meeting...