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Esquipulas II Brought Peace To Central America

Esquipulas back then :  It was  25 years  ago on August 7th when the presidents of Central America got together to sign the "Procedimiento para establecer la paz firme y duradera en Centroamérica", better known as Acuerdo Esquipulas II (Esquipulas II Agreement), in Guatemala.  The five Central American presidents to sign the agreement on that day were: Oscar Arias of  Costa Rica ; Vinicio Cerezo, Guatemala; Daniel ortega, Nicaragua; Napoleón Duarte, El Salvador and José Azcona, Honduras (the latter two now deceased). The agreement laid the  foundation for  the end of the fighting in Central America, which was compounded by he ideological and military interference of the Soviet Union and the United States, competing superpowers in the context of  the Cold War .  Oscar Arias received the Nobel Peace Prize (1987) for his role in getting the agreement signed and bringing peace to the  region . With the so-called Esquipulas II Agreement, each country of the region began