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Article: Latin Leaders Differ on Contra Aid Effect; El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala Express Ambivalence on More Funds to Rebels
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- The Washington Post
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- February 3, 1988
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On the eve of a crucial vote by Congress over further funding for
Nicaraguan rebels, the leaders of the four nations that signed a
regional peace pact with the Sandinista government differ about the
impact of the proposed new aid package on the Central American peace
process.
While Honduras strongly favors extending the $36.2 million in
humanitarian and lethal aid to the rebels fighting inside Nicaragua,
the governments of El Salvador, Costa Rica and Guatemala have
expressed more ambivalent views on more funds for the rebels, known
as contras.
In an interview here, El Salvador's President Jose Napoleon
Duarte refused to endorse or oppose further contra aid, saying he
could not afford to ...