The World - News from Sept. 9, 1987
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Nicaragua said it released two jailed human rights activists into the custody of Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), in appreciation of his “efforts to improve relations” between the United States and the Sandinistas. Harkin, an opponent of U.S. aid to the contras , came to Managua to express support for a Central American peace plan. The two opposition leaders freed were Lino Hernandez Trigueros and Alberto Saborio, arrested Aug. 15 for organizing an anti-government protest. Meanwhile, a senior Peruvian official said his government is sending 34,000 barrels of oil to Nicaragua to help relieve its energy crunch.
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