London art gallery proprietor Nigel Dearlove arrives in New York City with nothing more sinister in mind than sponsoring and promoting the EuroMerica exhibit, an exhibition of new-wave artistic talent from Europe. It's his first trip to the states, and he is thrilled by the prospect of an exciting and prosperous visit. Fate intervenes, however, his striking resemblance to a "diplomat-gone-defender" who recently liberated sixty-thousand Costa Rican refugees has him slated for a more adventurous trip than he could ever have planned for.