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Costa Rica’s Arias speaking at Americas Conference

A Nobel Peace Prize laureate who’s been mediating talks between Honduras’ interim government and its ousted president is speaking at a business and political forum in South Florida.

Costa Rica’s President Oscar Arias will speak at the Americas Conference on Tuesday at a suburban Miami hotel. He brokered a plan that would allow ousted President Manuel Zelaya to return to power in Honduras with limited authority, but the interim government has refused to accept the plan.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton also is scheduled to address the conference later Tuesday. Clinton is also U.N. Special Envoy to Haiti. Last week, the Clinton Global Initiative announced $258 million worth of aid projects for that country.

The Miami Herald is hosting the conference.