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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.
The Salvadoran forces that they were defending San Salvador fled the city that same day under the command of Antonio Jose Cañas for the Olocuilta path to Gualcince, Filísola choose not to enter San Salvador until 2 days later, Filísola captured San Salvador [5] in February 9 of 1823 and became governor of the province. [6]
The Spanish conquest of El Salvador was the campaign undertaken by the Spanish conquistadores against the Late Postclassic Mesoamerican polities in the territory that is now incorporated into the modern Central American country of El Salvador. El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America, and is dominated by two mountain ranges ...
Data from the World Prison Brief (WPB) says El Salvador has per capita the highest prison population rate of anywhere in the world, with 1,659 inmates per 100,000 residents.
Gómez de Alvarado y Contreras (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡomeθ ðe alβaˈɾaðoj konˈtɾeɾas]; 1482 – September 1542) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer.He was a member of the Alvarado family and the older brother of the famous conquistador Pedro de Alvarado.
Murillo is the first woman to run for president of El Salvador since Rina Escalante ran with the Authentic Democratic Christian Movement in the 1994 presidential election. [ 329 ] On 23 October 2023, the Salvadoran Patriotic Fraternity began the process of registering its presidential and vice-presidential candidates. [ 330 ]
Luis Chávez y González (1901–1987) was the seventh Bishop and third Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador, and immediate predecessor of Archbishop Óscar Romero.Unlike Romero, who served for three years before being assassinated in 1980, Chávez had an archbishopric that was long and low key.
El Salvador has an embassy in Ottawa and consulates-general in Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. Cuba: 11 November 1902 [12] Cuba and El Salvador have resumed diplomatic relations on June 1, 2009. El Salvador previously suspended diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961 due to the Cuban Revolution. [31] Cuba has an embassy in San Salvador.