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The Salvadoran Civil War (Spanish: guerra civil de El Salvador) was a twelve-year period of civil war in El Salvador that was fought between the government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition or "umbrella organization" of left-wing groups backed by the Cuban regime of Fidel Castro as well as the Soviet Union.
1,109 wounded. 64+ civilians killed. The final offensive of 1989 ( Spanish: ofensiva final de 1989 ), also known as the ofensiva hasta el tope ("to-the-top offensive"), was the major engagement of the Salvadoran Civil War. The battle, fought between the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (Spanish: Frente Farabundo Martí para la ...
Spanish. Box office. $5,044,000 (. $837,000 (United States) Voces Inocentes ( English title: Innocent Voices) is a 2004 war drama film directed by Luis Mandoki. The plot is set during the Salvadoran Civil War, and is based on writer Óscar Torres's childhood. The film serves as a general commentary on the military use of children.
The Sumpul River massacre (Spanish: masacre del Sumpul) took place in Chalatenango, El Salvador on May 13, 1980 during the Salvadoran Civil War. Salvadoran Armed Forces and pro-government paramilitaries launched an offensive to disrupt the activities of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). The offensive created many refugees ...
Atlácatl Battalion. The El Mozote massacre took place both in and around the village of El Mozote, in the Morazán Department, El Salvador, on December 11 and 12, 1981, when the Salvadoran Army killed more than 811 civilians [1] during the Salvadoran Civil War. The army had arrived in the village on the 10th, following clashes with guerrillas ...
11 December 1981. El Mozote, Morazán. up to 900 [8] Carried out by Atlácatl Battalion of the Salvadoran Army. Santa Rita massacre. 17 March 1982. Santa Rita, Chalatenango. 8 [9] Carried out by Atonal Battalion of the Salvadoran Army, 4 Dutch journalists among those killed.
ONUSAL. ONUSAL, acronym for the United Nations Observer Mission In El Salvador, ( Spanish: Misión de Observadores de Naciones Unidas en El Salvador ), was a peacekeeping mission from July 1991 to April 1995. [1] Created towards the end of the Salvadoran Civil War, [2] the United Nations oversaw the transition to peace between Farabundo Martí ...
The "Football" War (La guerra del fútbol, in Spanish), also known as the 100-hours War, was a five-day war fought by El Salvador and Honduras in 1969. During this conflict, the National Guard, commanded by General José Alberto Medrano , participated in the Northern Theater of Operations (TON), and covered the flanks of the advance carried out ...