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University Daily Kansan, December 3, 1984
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Carlos Tunnermann, Nicaraguan ambassador to the United States, talks about his country's view of the Contadora peace process. He spoke Saturday at the KU Conference on International Affairs, which centered on the Contadora plan for peace in Central America.
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U. S. actions in Central America reveal an apparent attempt to block solutions and wage war, the Nicaraguan ambassador to the United States said Saturday at a conference on campus.
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Tunnermann substituted at the conference for Ramirez, who canceled his appearance because of a decision to terminate decisions regarding the trip.
Carlos Tunnermann, the ambassador, also blamed the State Department for a "gratuitous hostility" in its handling of requests for a visa and Secret Service protection for Sergio Ramirez, Nicaragua's vice president-elect.
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"WHAT IS IMPORTANT is that we must receive treatment as an independent and sovereign nation," Tunnermann said.
Regarding Ramirez's requests for a visa and Secret Service protection, Tunmernium said the State Department had approved a tourist "B" visa inconsistent with Ramirez's position.
The ambassador was one of seven speakers at the fifth annual KU Conference on American Affairs. About 753 people attended the conference in the Kansas Union.
protection, he said, but the State Department answered media inquiries by saying Ramirez didn't deserve it.
"I consider one of my main missions in the United States to be to work toward normalization of relations with other countries and the United States," he said.
CHARLES STANISFER, DIRECTOR of the conference and KU's Center of Latin American Studies, said last week that Ramirez was to have spoken at the University of Kansas as part of a U.S. tour of at least eight cities. His revised itinerary consists of three cities.
Tunnermann said the Reagan administration's reading into the East-West conflict into Central American affairs reflected an incorrect view of Nicaragua.
He said Ramirez, as vice president-elect, should have received an "A" visa as heads of states usually do.
Nicaragua is not a threat to the United States because it does not wish to be a military base for any power, he said.
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The Contadora process is an initiative by four Latin American nations — Colombia, Venezuela, Panama and Mexico — to bring peace and better economic conditions to Central America.
The conference, presented in cooperation with Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, was titled "Contadora and the Power for Peace in Central America."
The United States has increased its military strength in Central America in recent months, he said, and has subverted the Contadora process by meeting outside its framework to modify its substantial proposals.
Tunnermann said the Reagan administration's public statements about possible deliveries of Soviet MIG fighter jets to Nicaragua had been largely inaccurate, were watching the news for election results. Later, the administration said the deliveries probably were small weapons.
Tunnermann, whose remarks were translated by interpreters, said Nicaragua on Sept. 21 had announced its willingness to sign a Contadora draft document presented two weeks earlier.
"What is incredible is that the United States consistently supported the Contadora process until Nicaragua announced it would support it," he said.
He said an Oct. 30 U.S. government report stated that such changes would make the Contadora document more relevant to the interests of the United States."
The Contadora draft provided for its own technical change, Tunnermann said, but U.S. officials met
BUT BECAUSE NICARAGUA desires peace, he said, it also has continued bilateral talks with the United States, and it would further in his role as ambassador.
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No official reply came on the request for routine Secret Service
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