Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakati pema1980, akaenda kuNicaragua ndokugara ikoko kweanenge makore matatu. Akashanda nesangano reNicaragua rekodzero dzevanhu iro rakapa humbowo hwakasimba hwekutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu panguva yehondo pakati pehurumende yakasarudzwa yeNicaragua (The Sandinistas) neUnited States yakatsigira "Contras" umo nyaya yekodzero dzevanhu yakave yakakwikwidzwa zvakanyanya. Masangano ose makuru anorwira kodzero dzevanhu kusanganisira Amnesty neAmericas Watch akapomera maContra aitsigirwa neU.S. kuti akanga achishungurudza vanhuwo zvavo vokuNicaragua. Akaenda kunzvimbo dzehondo ndokuwana nhoroondo dzezvapupu zvakaona dzakasimbiswa idzo dzakapfuudzwa kumasangano epasi rose anorwira kodzero dzevanhu. Akafambawo zvikuru muEl Salvador, munguva
hondo yaro yomukati, neGuatemala,wo. (Zvido zvake munyaya dzeLatin America zvakaramba zviripo gare gare nekutsvakurudza kwenguva refu kuChiapas muMexico, uye pamwe nemuganhu weUS-Mexico unotarisa kuguta reJuárez.)