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...region of the world known for strife rather than compromise and factionalism more than unity, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez seemed to be setting himself up for failure when he tried to sell his vision for regional peace to the other four Central American heads of state. But Arias' idea became reality in August, 1987, when the presidents of Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua met with Arias in Guatemala City and signed the treaty...
...Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez hailed the Sapoa process as evidence that his regional peace accord, signed last August by five Presidents, is very much alive. "The peace plan was never dead," he said, "even though there may be some who wished to kill it." Arias is trying to build on the momentum of Sapoa, urging others to the bargaining table. Last week he met with members of Guatemala's leftist guerrilla coalition and agreed to act as a mediator in indirect negotiations with the government...
Daniel Ortega, president of the leftist Sandinista government, unexpectedly traveled to this small village on the Costa Rican border for the signing, which followed three days of talks...
...Sapoa, a town on the Costa Rican border, representatives of the Sandinista government and Contras began their first direct talks yesterday on Nicaraguan soil...
...Medellin cartel. The country has no army, is not dominated by greedy generals or politicians, and is proud of a democratic tradition. Yet Costa Rica's ports and its more than 200 rural airstrips have become key transit points for cocaine cargos. In recent years the Costa Rican business community has noticed that shipments of perishable products receive a less rigorous Customs inspection than nonperishable goods upon entering the U.S. Thus they are often used to conceal drugs...