This report focuses on the AFL-CIO's operations in Central America, which are managed by AIFLD and the Free Trade Union Institute (FTUI), another AFL-CIO offshoot. In addition, we look at the role played by the AFL-CIO in the National Endowment for Democracy (NED)- a new interventionist coalition composed of political party officials and representatives of government, business, and labor, and which is funded by the United States Information Agency (USIA).