The World - News from Feb. 8, 1989

Nicaragua, mounting a public relations offensive that could prove awkward to the Bush Administration, will propose today that officials from the United States and the five Central American nations meet in Managua in April to devise a strategy to combat illicit drug traffic. Although President Bush has emphasized his concern about drugs, the U.S. government has been reluctant to afford Nicaragua the recognition that goes with such international meetings. Nicaragua’s foreign minister is also believed ready to suggest that human rights organizations be invited to monitor compliance with the human rights and political provisions of the 1987 regional peace plan advanced by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez.