21.   When Maria Cristina Mejia voted in presidential elections four years ago, she selected a candidate who pledged to negotiate peace with a long-running leftist insurgency.

22.   Yet psychology student Aura Maria Rey welcomes a widening U.S. military role in her country, hoping it can help stop a growing and powerful leftist insurgency.

23.   With the signing of peace accords in Guatemala, the only Latin American countries troubled by serious leftist insurgencies are Colombia, Mexico and Peru.

24.   The talks are aimed at bringing an end to almost three decades of the leftist insurgency in the Philippines which has largely waned following the collapse of Communism worldwide.