World IN BRIEF : PERU : U.S. Accord Frees $87 Million in Aid

Ending a prolonged stalemate, the Bush Administration and Congress have reached a compromise that allows release of anti-narcotics assistance to Peru, officials said. The officials said the Administration accepted congressional conditions as the price for release of the aid. As part of the agreement, what had been a proposed $94-million aid package was trimmed to about $87 million, the officials said. A key provision of the agreement is that Peru will receive the funds on a piecemeal basis. If Peruvian authorities do not meet congressional criteria for protecting human rights and curbing cocaine flows to the United States, the assistance will be cut off, the officials said.