When the peace accord was signed in Guatemala seven months ago, each Central American president pledged to take concrete steps to bring about a cessation of the fighting and to work toward internal reconciliation. The framers of the agreement expected that by declaring amnesties, the regional human-rights panorama would improve. Unfortunately, human rights has not been one of the winners in the tenuous peace process. In fact, Honduras, the only country (with the exception of Costa Rica) not confronting an active armed insurgency, has experienced a frightening deterioration of human rights over the last several months.