Contras Seek Delay in Talks
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — The Contras on Saturday accused President Daniel Ortega’s government of breaking a cease-fire accord and asked for postponement of political negotiations scheduled to start here Wednesday on a permanent peace accord between the Sandinista regime and its internal and external opposition.
Spokeswoman Marta Sacasa said in Miami that the Contras want the talks put off until April 12.
“We have seen several unfulfilled requirements on their part, and . . . we had our logistical problems as well,” she said.
Negotiators are scheduled to meet Tuesday in the Nicaragua border post of Sapoa.
The Sapoa talks are aimed mainly at defining zones into which rebels will gather while the larger issue of a permanent peace accord is negotiated. Because those talks were not finished last week, a formal, 60-day cease-fire that was to have begun Friday was delayed, but both sides pledged to prolong their informal truce.
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