Mar 1990Contra War ends
Jan–Feb 1991US-led coalition liberatesKuwait from Iraqi invasion
Dec 1991Collapse of theSoviet Union
Jan 1992Salvadoran factionsagree to cease-fire
Jun 1993–Dec 1996Guatemalan CivilWar brought to end
1 Jan 1994NAFTA formed, addingMexico to US-Canadafree-trade bloc
1–12 Jan 1994Zapatista uprising
Sep 1994–Mar 1995US occupies Haiti,restoring democracy