As Honduras entered the 1990s, it did have some factors working in its favor-relative peace and a stronger civilian government with less military interference in the politics and economy of the country than in past years.
Honduran president Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero, elected in November 1989, enjoyed little success in the early part of his administration as he attempted to adhere to a standard economic austerity package prescribed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.