The World - News from Jan. 12, 1986

Venezuelan President Jaime Lusinchi told eight Latin American foreign ministers, gathered in his country in an attempt to breathe new life into the Contadora initiative, that the group’s efforts for peace in Central America must continue. “Contadora has not died, nor can it die, because Contadora is more than an ideal of peace, it is a will, a conviction,” he said. The initiative is sagging after three years of fruitless work since its creation by Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela.