The World : Ortega Cancels U.N. Visit

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, saying the United States has placed unacceptable restrictions on his travel and on the size of his party, canceled plans to visit the United Nations. Ortega, in Mexico City for the inauguration of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, told a news conference that he had wanted to visit the United Nations to discuss the latest Central American peace initiative and to plead for aid for his hurricane-battered country. U.S. officials noted that expedited visas had been issued for Ortega, his wife, his son and 15 other Nicaraguans. But visas for 14 others were rejected because they were not submitted 15 days before the trip, the officials said.