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WORLD, Page 29World NotesCENTRAL AMERICATight Smiles, Tense Accord
Forget the warm smiles and bonhomie that usually attend
summitry. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra and his
Salvadoran counterpart, Alfredo Cristiani, kept their distance
during photo opportunities, and the 20 hours of negotiations
sometimes grew strained. But when the five Central American
Presidents emerged from their seventh regional summit near San
Jose, Costa Rica, they signed a final communique that referred to
a common commitment to nudging a stalled peace process.
The declaration included a statement of support for Cristiani's
seven-month-old government and a condemnation of the recent
offensive launched by its leftist opponents, the Farabundo Marti
National Liberation Front. Ortega's signature was particularly
critical, since he has been accused of arming the F.M.L.N. In
exchange, Ortega secured a clause urging the U.S. to halt its
support of the Nicaraguan contras and to turn over all money
earmarked for them to an international commission.
No sooner was the ink dry than Ortega accused the Salvadoran
army of dropping bombs on civilian neighborhoods in San Salvador.
Cristiani's post-summit assessment of the Nicaraguan: "I don't
trust Ortega."