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| 1984, March 31 |
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| Col. Gustavo Alvarez, notorious for his corruption and rabid anti-Communism, was removed as commander in chief of the military in a coup d'etat. | 1 |
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| 1986 |
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| José Simeón Azcona Hoyo was elected president. He faced a stagnant economy, restless peasant and labor groups, and serious threats from emergent guerrilla groups. | 2 |
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| Feb |
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| Two U.S. officials and a Honduran military officer admitted CIA collusion in the murder and disappearance of over 200 Hondurans during the early 1980s. These admissions fed anti-U.S. sentiment, already growing because of Contra atrocities committed on Honduran soil. | 3 |
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