Ramírez aibatanidzwa muchirongwa chorugare pakati pemagandanga nehurumende iyo yakadzorera demokrasi kuGuatemala musi waDecember 29, 1996 uye yakagumisa hondo yevagari vemo yemakore 36
. Pashure pokurarama makore akawanda ari muutapwa, Mutungamiri Álvaro Arzú akamubvumira kudzokera kunyika, uye URNG yakava bato rezvematongerwe enyika repamutemo. Pamwe chete naArzú, akagamuchira 1996 UNESCO Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize.