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| 1983 |
| | | Manuel Noriega wins control of the National Guard in Panama on his way to achieving absolute power | |
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| 1984 |
| | | The CIA covertly arranges for mines to be laid in Nicaragua's harbours | |
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| 1985 |
| | | President Reagan's administration breaks a US embargo with secret arms sales to Iran in return for assistance in the release of US hostages in Lebanon | |
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| 1985 |
| | | Oliver North arranges for clandestine money from Iran to provide illegal support for the Nicaraguan Contras | |
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| 1989 |
| | | President Bush sends 24,000 US troops to occupy Panama City and seize Manuel Noriega | |
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| 1990 |
| | | Panama's dictator, Manuel Noriega, is captured by US troops and taken to Miami on drug trafficking charges | |
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| 1990 |
| | | The Sandinistas lose the Nicaraguan presidential election, with Daniel Ortega beaten into second place by Violeta Chamorro | |
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| 1992 |
| | | Manuel Noriega, ex-president of Panama, is convicted in a US court of drug trafficking | |
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| 1994 |
| | | Mayan Indians in Chiapas rebel in an armed uprising against the Mexican government | |
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| 1994 |
| | | Two leading members of Mexico's ruling party, Luis Donaldo Colosio and José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, are assassinated | |
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