25th Anniversary of the Central American Peace Plan

"Against all odds and against the will of the two superpowers, presidents Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, Jose Napoleon Duarte of El Salvador, Marco Vinicio Cerezo of Guatemala, Jose Azcona of Honduras and I signed the Plan peace presented by my government. That was August 7, 1987, in Guatemala City, were we signed a commitment to change history. And we did.", writes Oscar Arias Sanchez.

The former president of Costa Rica (1986-1990 and 2006-2010) and Nobel Peace Prize (1987) winner for his role in the Central American Peace Plan released this video by way of YouTube and his official website.
 

 

Arias, on his Facebook page writes, "For those who only know the Central America of today, it would be hard to believe the stories told of the millions of refugees crossing borders in the mid-eighties. People killed by the hands of sisters with a American or Soviet weapons. Secret training bases, where boys who barely understood the reasons for the war, graduating in hatred and violence. A conflict turned into a race for military preeminence of two superpowers, whose ambitions tired the peace efforts promoted in the framework of the Contadora and Support Group."