Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - kunetsekana kwevanhu veAmerica pamusoro pokupindira mukurwisana kwokunze kwakaramba kuripo kubva pakupera kweHondo yeVietnam. Hurumende yaReagan yakasimbisa kushandiswa kwemiitiro yokukurumidzira, isingadhuri yokurwisa vapanduki kuti vapindire mukurwa kwokunze. Muna 1983, hurumende yaReagan yakapindira muHondo Yenyika yeLebanon ine mativi akawanda, yakapinda muGrenada, yakarova Libya uye yakatsigira maContra eCentral America, mauto anopesana nemakomonisiti aitsvaka kupidigura hurumende yeSandinista yaitsigirwa neSoviet muNicaragua. Nepo kupindira kwaReagan mukurwisana neGrenada neLibya kwakanga kwakakurumbira muUnited States, kutsigira kwake vapanduki veContra kwakanga kwakanyura mukukakavadzana. Rutsigiro rwehurumende yaReagan yehurumende yechiuto yeGuatemala munguva yeGuatemalan Civil War
, zvikurukuru utongi hwaEfraín Ríos Montt, hwakanga huchipokanidzanawo.