The Political Influences of Effective Treatymaking in America's Backyard: The Guatemala Peace Plan - A Case Study

When a peace treaty seeks to "democratize" a country, it must include provisions which ensure that the political structures of that country are, in fact, changed. After analyzing the Guatemala Peace Treaty and the Reagan-Wright Plan, this comment, using Nicaragua to illustrate its point, concludes that a treaty in Central America, to be effective, must comport with the interests of the United States.