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Costa Rican President Stands Behind Suu Kyi

Costa Rican Nobel Laureate Oscar Arias has added his name to the nine original signatories of an appeal calling on an international arms embargo on Burma.

The appeal, released Wednesday, also declared support and solidarity for pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the monks at the forefront of September's Saffron Revolution.

"The regime's 'road-map' and decades-long constitution process is flawed: it does not include participation for the National League for Democracy. The NLD and Burma's ethnic nationalities must play an inclusive role in determining a negotiated settlement and transition to democracy," stated the petition in part.

"I remain a longstanding supporter of the non-violent efforts of Aung San Suu Kyi to bring about a peaceful transition to democracy in her country and wish to associate myself with the Statement and Appeal issued by my fellow Nobel Peace Laureates," wrote Arias on Wednesday.

The Costa Rican is the latest of a growing list of international actors and leaders declaring the junta's constitutional process inherently "flawed."
Arias was awarded the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize, four years before Aung San Suu Kyi received the honor, for his work in ending the civil war in Nicaragua between the Sandinistas and Contras. 

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