The Civil War in El Salvador

Contributed by Lila Majano

The Civil War in El Salvador lasted 12 years. It was officially started in 1980 and ended in 1992. There was no designated war area and thousands of innocent civilians were killed without reason. The Civil War was between the military government and the nation’s poor people who wanted political representation and economic stability. The military government had many national guards and police that would mistreat the poorer civilians. The guerrilla fighters were civilians who decided to fight against the government for equality and were led by Farabundo Martí  of the National Liberation Front. Many reforms followed the war, improving the economy and restoring the nation’s humanity as well as peace.

For more information on the Civil War in El Salvador, see:
 

Arnson, Cynthia J. "El Salvador." Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. Ed. Dinah L. Shelton. Vol. 1. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 282-286. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.

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"El Salvador." Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook 2008. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2007. 625-635. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.

Document URL

http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX2895900067&v=2.1&u=uchs_ca&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w

Mazor, John. "El Salvador." Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. Vol. 2: Americas. Detroit: Gale, 2002. 171-180. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.

Document URL

http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX3410100087&v=2.1&u=uchs_ca&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w

"El Salvador." Gale Encyclopedia of World History: Governments. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.

Document URLhttp://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX3048600099&v=2.1&u=uchs_ca&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w

"El Salvador." Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations. Ed. Timothy L. Gall and Jeneen M. Hobby. 12th ed. Vol. 3: Americas. Detroit: Gale, 2007. 245-259. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.

Document URLhttp://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX2586700156&v=2.1&u=uchs_ca&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w

Interview 

Below is the interview of Teofilo Majano.  Mr. Majano speaks about the Civil War.  He talks about his first-hand experience of the war. He is married with three children and lives in Rahway, NJ.

Interview of Teofilo Majano

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