One root cause is the economic difficulty each country faces from an ever widening gap between revenues and expendituresa balanceofpayments crisis that stands in the way of social programs and reestablishment of a healthy business sector which can create jobs and relieve the burden of an overextended government. There is instability caused by the insecurity of the governments faced with active attempts at subversionsubversion supported directly from or through Nicaragua. There is instability caused by the added burden of refugees created by the current political upheavalrefugees who exacerbate the economic problem and increase the threat of subversion. There are now over 100.000 Nicaraguans in Costa Ricaabout 10 percent of the population as estimated by the U.N. Refugee Commission. In the last 3 months. 10.000 Nicaraguans have turned up in Guatemala. This is the first time Guatemala has had a refugee influx from Nicaragua. These are regional problemsproblems that cannot be resolved individually by each nation. The leadership of Central America is expectanthopeful that the United States will Join with them in working toward solutions.
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