San José-dialogen indledtes allerede for ti år siden og blev opretholdt under den kolde krig på et grundlag, hvor hovedpunkterne bestod i at afslutte borgerkrigene, at indføre demokratiske systemer og at udarbejde en plan for den økonomiske udvikling.
The San José dialogue was started ten years ago and maintained during the Cold War on certain bases, the main aims of which were to end the civil wars, establish democratic systems and produce a plan for economic development.