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Between January 1980 and July 1991, El Salvador was in a civil war, fought between the U.S.-backed Salvadoran government and the FMLN front guerrillas. [11] During this time many guerrilleros from the FMLN movement and soldiers from the government would be guilty of violence and human rights violations (the militant government, so far, is known to be guilty of far more than half of it).
Insular Portugal, comprises the Madeira and Azores Autonomous Regions; Insular Southeast Asia; Insular areas of the United States Insular Cases, a series of U.S. Supreme Court decisions in 1901, about the status of U.S. territories acquired in the Spanish–American War; Bureau of Insular Affairs, a unit of the U.S. government's War Department ...
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La Asunción, capital of the Nueva Esparta State, was founded by the Spanish in 1565 On April 19, 1810, Margarita was one of the seven Venezuelan provinces that declared their independence from the Spanish Crown , and in 1830, when the Republic of Colombia ( Gran Colombia ) was dissolved and the independent Republic of Venezuela emerged, it was ...
The Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina (Spanish: Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, pronounced [aɾtʃiˈpjelaɣo ðe ˌsan anˈdɾes pɾoβiˈðensja j ˌsanta kataˈlina]), or San Andrés and Providencia, is one of the departments of Colombia, and the only one located geographically in Central America.
The insular region of Colombia includes the oceanic islands outside the continental territory. In the Caribbean this includes the San Andrés and Providencia islands near Central America and the many coastal islands along mainland Colombia.
Insular Region, meaning a region of islands, can refer to the following: Insular Chile, otherwise known as the "Insular Region" Insular Italy, otherwise known as ...
The bureau was created 13 December 1898 as the Division of Customs and Insular Affairs within the Office of the Secretary of War. [1] This followed the Spanish–American War , which resulted in the transfer of several areas from Spain to the United States, including the Philippines , Puerto Rico , and Cuba .