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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).
The Insular Region (Región Insular) [1] is one of the eight natural regions of Venezuela and one of the 10 administrative regions in which Venezuela was divided for its development plans; it comprises all of the nation's islands, and is formed by the state of Nueva Esparta and the Federal Dependencies.
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 ...
Is a foreland basin, found in the northwestern corner of Venezuela in South America. Covering over 35,000 square km, it is a hydrocarbon-rich region that has produced over 30 billion bbl of oil with an estimated 44 billion bbl yet to be recovered. The basin is characterized by a large shallow tidal estuary, Lake Maracaibo, located near its center.
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 .
Four of the five dioceses of the Iglesia Anglicana de la Región Central de America (IARCA) were founded by the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Anglicanism was also introduced by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel when the United Kingdom administered two colonies in Central America, British Honduras and Miskitia.
Santa Rosa de Lima is a municipality in La Unión Department of El Salvador. The city is named after St. Rose of Lima , born on 1586 in Lima (Peru). Its "fiestas patronales" are during the month of August, when the city gets full of vendors from around the country selling a wide range of articles and food.
The islands located in Corisco Bay are not part of the Insular Region but are included in the Litoral Province which is part of the Continental Region (Litoral Province). The largest city, Malabo, is the national and regional administrative capital. The other main cities are Luba, Riaba, Rebola, Baney, and San Antonio de Palé.