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The Salvadoran Civil War (Spanish: guerra civil de El Salvador) was a twelve-year civil war in El Salvador that was fought between the government of El Salvador, backed by the United States, [28] and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition of left-wing guerilla groups backed by the Cuban regime of Fidel Castro as well as the Soviet Union. [4]
The Salvadoran Civil War began on October 15, 1979, with the 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état which overthrew President Carlos Humberto Romero. [8] [9] The coup had covert support from the United States, who wished to prevent Romero's government from falling to left-wing militant groups in the country, the same fate as did the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle in Nicaragua.
The El Mozote massacre took place both in and around the village of El Mozote, in the Morazán Department, El Salvador, on December 11 and 12, 1981, when the Salvadoran Army killed more than 811 civilians [1] during the Salvadoran Civil War. The army had arrived in the village on the 10th, following clashes with guerrillas in the area.
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El Salvador is experiencing one of the worst human rights crises since the country’s 1980-1992 civil war, because of President Nayib Bukele ’s harsh anti-gang crackdown, Amnesty International ...
The Truth Commission for El Salvador (Spanish: Comisión de la Verdad para El Salvador) was a restorative justice [1] truth commission approved by the United Nations to investigate the grave wrongdoings that occurred throughout the country's twelve year civil war.
Voces Inocentes (English title: Innocent Voices) is a 2004 war drama film directed by Luis Mandoki. The plot is set during the Salvadoran Civil War, and is based on writer Óscar Torres's childhood. The film serves as a general commentary on the military use of children. The movie also shows injustice against innocent people who are forced to ...
In the three decades since peace accords ended the nation's bloody civil war, El Salvador had become a beacon of media freedom in a region where journalists are sometimes jailed and even killed ...