Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Arias akagamuchira mubayiro weNobel Peace Prize muna 1987 achibatsirwa naJohn Biehl, mumwe wake muEngland, naRodrigo Madrigal Nieto nokuda kwebasa rake rokusaina kweEsquipulas II Agreements. Iri rakanga riri zano raida kusimudzira demokrasi norugare pachitsuwa cheCentral America munguva yenhamo huru: vapanduki vokuruboshwe vairwisana nehurumende muEl Salvador
uye Guatemala, izvo zvaitsigirwa neUnited States pasi pechirongwa cheHondo Yemashoko; vaContra, vaitsigirwa neUnited States, vakanga vachirwisa kupandukira hurumende yeSandinista muNicaragua; Honduras, ichangobva kubvuta simba rezvematongerwe enyika kubva kuhondo yayo, yakabatwa pakati senzvimbo yemauto eU.S.; uye pamuganhu weCosta Rica, Panama yakatarisana nokudzvinyirirwa kwehurumende yaManuel Noriega yechiuto. Nebetsero yaArias, kurwisana kwakasiyana-siyana kwakapera mukati memakore gumi (hondo yevagari vomuGuatemala pakupedzisira yakapera muna 1996).