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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]
Meanwhile, in El Salvador, commissions for a peace dialogue were trying to find a peaceful solution to the conflict. A dialogue was held in Mexico on 13 September 1989, resulting in the "Mexico Agreement", the first formal proposal to negotiate the end of the war. A month later, a new gathering was held in Costa Rica to continue the ...
During the Salvadoran Civil War, on 16 November 1989, Salvadoran Army soldiers killed six Jesuits and two women, the caretaker's wife and daughter, at their residence on the campus of Central American University (known as UCA El Salvador) in San Salvador, El Salvador. Polaroid photos of the Jesuits' bullet-riddled bodies were on display in the ...
A former Salvadoran colonel was sentenced to 133 years in prison for the killings of five Jesuit priests more than three decades ago, a court in Spain ruled Friday. Spain’s National Court in ...
The following are lists of massacres that have occurred in El Salvador (numbers may be approximate). There were some 27 separate documented civilian massacres [1] [2] [3] in the Salvadoran Civil War era alone (1979–1989), in total the war directly claimed 70,000 to 80,000 lives.
Salvadoran Civil War: El Salvador: FMLN RN: 1979 1989 Soviet–Afghan War. Part of the Afghanistan conflict (1978–present) Peshawar Seven Tehran Eight AMFFF. Supported by: United States United Kingdom Canada Australia West Germany France Italy Greece Japan South Korea Taiwan Pakistan Iran Arab World Turkey Soviet Union Afghanistan Supported by:
The war was marked by atrocities, including the murder by U.S.-trained soldiers of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter in 1989. The war propelled tens of thousands of ...
Investigate the extent of human rights violations throughout the 12 year civil war. 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 ...