The World - News from June 8, 1986
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The four-nation Contadora Group gave the five Central American nations a revised negotiating text of a proposed regional peace treaty in hopes of resolving deep differences and then ended a two-day meeting in Panama City. No new sessions were scheduled to discuss the draft. The Contadora Group also issued a declaration calling for an end to outside aid to guerrilla groups in the region.
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