The World - News from Feb. 3, 1985
Costa Rica and Nicaragua, through the mediation of the four Contadora countries, have agreed to settle one of the disputes blocking the sputtering Central American peace initiative, Panama announced. The dispute centered around a Nicaraguan who sought refuge in the Costa Rican Embassy in Managua but was arrested last Christmas Eve under mysterious circumstances. Costa Rica had demanded that Nicaragua return the man, saying it would boycott the Feb. 14 meeting with the Contadora Group--Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela--on its proposals to bring peace to Central America. Details of the agreement were not disclosed.
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