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: mapoka evapanduki vokuruboshwe airwisana nehurumende muEl Salvador neGuatemala
, idzo dzakatsigirwa neUnited States pasi pechirongwa cheHondo Yemashoko; maContras, akatsigirwa neUnited States, akanga ari kurwisana nechisimba nehurumende yeSandinista muNicaragua; Honduras, ichangobva kubvisa simba rezvematongerwe enyika kubva kumasoja ayo, yakabatwa pakati senheyo yemauto eU.S.; uye pamuganhu weCosta Rica, Panama yakatarisana nokudzvinyirira kwehutongi hwechiuto hwaManuel Noriega. Nebetsero yaArias, kurwisana kwakasiyana-siyana kwakapera mukati memakore gumi (hondo yevagari vomuGuatemala pakupedzisira yakapera muna 1996).