NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY

5/11/98

News directors, editors: Mario Permuth, the man credited with bringing warring factions in Guatemala to the peace table in 1996, ending 36 years of civil war, will be available for interviews from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 12. As a member of the Government Peace Commission, he signed five agreements between 1994 and 1995 that led to the 1996 peace accord. To arrange an interview with Permuth, call (740) 593-1840.

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