From an article by Col. Enrique Bermudez, military commander and
a political director of the Nicaraguan resistance, in Policy Review
(Summer 1988):
As I suspected, the Arias plan of 1987 was never implemented by
the Sandinistas. In January of this year after Sandinista
noncompliance was clear, the plan was declared dead by the Central
American presidents. This year brought direct negotiations to both
Sapoa and Managua between our forces and representatives of the
governing Sandinista junta. Unlike 1987, however, the Congress has
now placed us in an extremely vulnerable position, causing us to
accept a cease-fire. The Sandinistas have used the cease-fire to
rebuild their military …
