El Salvador War Documentaries
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The Salvadoran Civil War (1980--1992) was a conflict in El Salvador between the military-led government of El Salvador backed by the United States government, and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition or 'umbrella organization' of five left-wing guerrilla groups. Significant tensions and violence already existed in the 1970s, before the full-fledged official outbreak of the civil war—which lasted for twelve years. El Salvador's Civil War was the second longest civil war in Latin America after the Guatemalan Civil War. The conflict ended in the early 1990s. An unknown number of people disappeared, and more than 75,000 were killed. At war's end, the Commission on the Truth for El Salvador registered more than 22,000 complaints of political violence in El Salvador, between January 1980 and July 1991, 60 percent about summary killing, 25 percent about kidnapping, and 20 percent about torture. These complaints attributed almost 85 percent of the violence to State agents, private paramilitary groups, and the death squads. The Salvadoran armed forces were accused in 60 per cent of the complaints, the security forces in 25 percent, military escorts and civil defense units in 20 percent of complaints, the death squads in more than 10 percent, and the FMLN in 5 percent. The Truth Commission could collect only a significant sample of the full number of potential complaints, having had only three months to collect it. The retrospective assessments of human rights organizations and truth commissions document and reiterate that most violence was committed by the National Guard and other military bodies. Amnesty International's 1985 annual report likewise stated that that many of the 70,000 people killed in the preceding five years had been murdered by government forces, who openly dumped the mutilated corpses, in an apparent effort to terrorize the population. More than 70,000 people were killed, many in the course of gross violation of their human rights. More than 25 per cent of the populace was displaced as refugees before the civil warriors signed a U.N. peace treaty in 1992. Despite mostly killing peasants, the Government readily killed any opponent they suspected of sympathy with the guerrillas — clergy (men and women), church lay workers, political activists, journalists, labor unionists (leaders, rank-and-file), medical workers, liberal students and teachers, and human-rights monitors. The State's terrorism was effected by the security forces, the Army, the National Guard, and the Treasury Police; yet it was the paramilitary death squads who gave the Government plausible deniability of, and accountability for, the political killings. Typically, a death squad dressed in civilian clothes and traveled in anonymous vehicles (dark windows, blank license plates). Their terrorism comprised publishing future-victim death lists, delivering coffins to said future victims, and sending the target-person an invitation to his/her own funeral. Cynthia Arnson, a Latin American-affairs writer for Human Rights Watch, says: the objective of death-squad-terror seemed not only to eliminate opponents, but also, through torture and the gruesome disfigurement of bodies, to terrorize the population. In the mid-1980s, state terror against Salvadorans became open — indiscriminate bombing from military airplanes, planted mines, and the harassment of national and international medical personnel; all indicate that, although death rates attributable to the death squads have declined in El Salvador since 1983, non-combatant victims of the civil war have increased dramatically. In addition, the FMLN continuously violated the human rights of many Salvadorans and other individuals identified as right-wing supporters, military targets, pro-government politicians, intellectuals, public officials, and judges. These violations included kidnapping, bombings, rape, and killing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvadoran_Civil_War
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Unfortunately, the Salvadorian military death squads only oppress their own community. They haven t fought in a war with outside invaders. Their sole purpose is to keep the community in fear and oppression. It reminds me of the Argentine army during the Malvinas confict of the 80s. They couldn t win one round against the UK forces. But when the community protested the war, the army killed them in the streets of Buenos Aires. I ve met a few ex military types here in NYC. They' re creepy violent criminal types. It s no wonder that gangs control the streets. Anarchy , cheap violence,and poverty always give rise to gang control. Good luck, Salvadorenos. May the Lord be on your side.
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People in this day and age the information is at your fingertips...................GOOGLE your questions, concerns, or worries.
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Hey +CUMITA-4WD
As a soldier who served there . Your full of shit. Both sides played"tit-for tat" which if your not familiar with it is like "eye for an eye". ESAF forces especially pre- 1984 did hack people with machetes, they did bomb and strafe villages, "people were disappeared, raped, tortured.... And the:
ol·i·gar·chyˈäləˌɡärkē/nounnoun: oligarchy; plural noun: oligarchiesa small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution."the ruling oligarchy of military men around the president"a country governed by an oligarchy."the English aristocratic oligarchy of the 19th century"government by oligarchy.
Were in control of the government, and Human Rights were Low on their priority list. When tee shirts and posters bearing
"Be Patriotic
Kill a Priest".
You have a problem.
This Civil War was fueled by Democracy, supplied by the oligarchy , which was taken over by the socialist FMLN, which by current headlines is battling an enormous GANG problem, which was partially caused by US intervention in the 1908's - 90's.
So please research your rants.
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From what my mother told me it was Ronald Reagan's fault.She was in El Salvador when the war was going on, and she was about 16-17 years old ?
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all you winning idiots should listen to the documentary us gave aid to military and civilians its not the usa fault that your corrupt government pocketed for themselfs!!
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I read a book on Amazon Kindle called "No Reunions for Ex Mercenaries" which is set in Central America in 1979 to 1983, although largely in Nicaragua. Pure fiction of course but an eye opener for me on some of the things that were going on at the time.
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Outside it's America.
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Did the guerillas win
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You shouldn't be piss offed.you should be off period.people like you that think you are important and the rest ain't should be put in an oven.you a pos.wish I can meet you so you can say that to my face.but I know you wouldn't you a scared pussy.a white pussy at that.you worth nothing in this world.get off my dick
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This is the worst part to happen in our country, MY father and 5 uncles were killed before I was born. They were accused of being gearrilleros but they were not. My grandmother raised me and my brother, and raised us in a refugee from 1980 to 1990 and finally got refugee status in Canada. I love this country but I will always have a soft spot for mine and my families homeland. The biggest hero of the war was my grandmother who raised me and my brother and here sister children too. She did all this while grieving here 6 children. She is my mother/grandmother and father figure.
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in 2015 its only getting worse
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I don't blame El Salvador for having all them gangs.i see now that that's the way to protect themselves
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My family is from elsalvador and were there when all the war guerrilla war had happened my dad was only five thank got none of the 8 other sisters had died
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The USA backed FMLN! Using american weapons. I guess this is what our country does when they dont like who is running a country!
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Dad served for the government forces
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i liked how this documentry got the people's point of view, things that actually happen to the women in the campos de El Salvador, the torture, and people getting kidnapped. however im sad to say, no one won this pointless war. besides the U.S. Goverment and the FMNL were both notorious on doing unspeakable things to the people who were on neither side.
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My Great GrandFather was Mayor of usultan in El Salvador and was murdered by the self hating wealthy mestizo oligarchs who hate the natives even though they share their blood
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My father had to grow up in this, this never finishing his education. This is awful, it really is.
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My dad left in 1980 cuz of the war, he immigrated 2 Houston & the rest of my family came here in 1981. I remember him telling me about it & I didn't know it was that bad.
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Like all stories there are two sides, or even more. And I saw that clearly in the story of Jasmine Gavidia who lived through that period in El Salvador. People say a book is better than its movie counterpart, so I can't wait till her story, called Jasmine's War, is realesed in book form. I've already got one on order.