January 3-9
→ 600 foreign volunteers arrived in Nicaragua to help the Sandinistan Government harvest the coffee crop that had been hit hard by the Contra war (Jan 3)
→ The Central American Peace Commission began a tour of the 5 countries (Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Costa Rica) in Central America that were facing civil war to determine whether or not the peace plan was working or should be abandoned. They began in Nicaragua by meeting with Cardinal Bravo. (Jan 5)
→ The first wave of Cuban exiles arrived in the US under a 1987 agreement mediated by the Catholic Church. Most are former political prisoners and their families (Jan 6)
→ The 7 Caribbean nations in Caricom made a statement of rebuke against the Military government of Haiti for their role in corrupting the election process of the island nation, but refused to push sanctions. (Jan 6)