El Salvador Civil War Effects

Those numbers show that this time period was genocide. People were "disappearing", being tortured and killed just because they believed in a different type of political system. An estimated 30,000 Chileans survived imprisonment and severe torture by agents of Pinochet's secret police-electric shock, beatings, near-drowning, and rape in secret detention facilities. During his seventeen-year rule Chile became a pariah state, internationally condemned for ongoing, systematic violations of human rights. Pinochet played a leadership role in initiating and overseeing many of these atrocities. One month after the coup, he authorized a death squad, led by his close associate General Sergio Arellano, to "expedite justice". Using a Puma helicopter, a five-member military team led by General Arellano flew to various northern cities and, at each stop, selected prisoners and shot or bayoneted them in the middle of the night. Over a period of four days, sixty-eight civilians were killed, having committed no crime other than serving in local community leadership roles under the elected Allende government. This series of atrocities became known as "the Caravan of Death." All of this killing was mostly the work of the army's Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA). The DINA also killed someone here in the Unites States. In September 1976, the DINA assassinated

Some outcomes are favorable, and others are not that appealing. The outcome of the El Salvador Civil War was a success because it ended in a peace treaty. The treaty was signed by FMLN and El Salvador’s Military, stating compromises between the government and political parties, giving no one too much power. It also left the belief of communism out, so you were on your own if you believed in it. This seemed to satisfy majority of the El Salvadorians for a period of time without raising any disputes. If the treaty wanted to be changed, negotiations had to take place and the new ratifications that both sides wanted had to be

Liberation theology refers to the liberation of oppressive regimes through Christianity. For instance, liberation theology was used to combat the military government in El Salvador. This is important because it shines the light on how theology played a fundamental role in the liberation of the Salvadoran Civil War. Furthermore, there are many branches to liberation theology for example biblical, pastoral, theological and revolutionary. These branches are unique in how they carry out their action, but the objective is still the same. In other words, these different branches all have the same objective. For example, biblical theology emphasis social justice through the scriptures of the Bible. On the other hand, revolutionary theology emphasized

The Massacre at El Mozote as told by Mark Danner takes place El Salvador. El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America. It shares borders with Guatemala and Honduras. El Salvador is divided into 14 departments and El Mozote is a village in one of the Departments called Morazan. According to the author, the Salvadoran Civil War 1979-1992 was a conflict waged by the Military led Government of El Salvador and coalition of left-leaning militias or guerillas called the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN).The FMLN was supported by peasants and indigenous Indian people. The United States supported the El Salvador Military government.

El Mozote is a city in El Salvador, and in 1981 it was the site of a brutal massacre in which American trained Salvadoran soldiers slaughtered almost a thousand civilians. This massacre happened at a very tense point in the Cold War, when the United States was fighting against Communism and the Soviet Union. In this particular situation, the United States aligned with the Salvadorans to prevent the spread of communism into El Salvador. When the Salvadoran soldiers killed hundreds of innocent citizens, the United States government became worried. Mark Danner, the author of The Massacre at El Mozote, stated that when news of the massacre entered the American media, the government brushed it off as propaganda. Ronald Reagan, the U.S. president at that time, and his administration responded to the situations in El Mozote by calling it propaganda because they feared America’s reputation would be tarnished, and the government wanted and needed to do everything in its power to avoid losing El Salvador to communism.

To get a proper understanding of El Salvador’s civil war we need to begin in the 1930s, the Salvadoran government was generating a lot of profit from goods being sold, unfortunately the wealth was only given to 2% of the population. Augustin Marti formed the socialist party that led peasants and indigenous against the government. When the government heard this they gave the approval for military death squads, which would kill anyone who looked

things that happened was that they had to shoot women and children because they were helping

On the night of May 30, 1960, Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo was killed. He was shot to death on a highway in the capital city. This event set off a chain reaction over the next five years. The United States has been a partner in the assassination of Trujillo that helped climb to power.

Throughout 1939-1971, El Salvador was run by a military-style dictatorship, causing those who had land and wealth to be stripped from them just because they could. According to Encyclopedia Britannica the persistence of this dictatorship can be partly credited to Augustin Farabundo Marti, who forced the Salvadorian Communist Party (2017). Proving to be a catalyst for conflicts for years to come.

Gustavo Diaz Ordaz became president of the United States of Mexico in 1964, years before the massacre, that took place in October 2, 1968 at ”la plaza de las Tres Culturas” in Mexico city, better known as “Tlatelolco Massacre” (“Mexico 's 1968 Massacre”). It was supposed to be an unarmed peacefull protest, but at sunset the police and military forces equipped with armored cars and tanks surrounded the plaza and began firing into the open crowd. The police fire hit not only the protestors but also innocent bystanders.

In early 1981 a special branch of the El Salvadoran army entitled the “Atlacatl Battalio” was created utilizing soldiers from the current military. These elite units were specifically trained for counter-insurgency (guerilla) warfare, and were directed to seek out and destroy any guerilla activity. Due to methods used in guerilla-type warfare, this division was established as the first unit of this nature in the Salvadoran armed forces and was specifically trained by United States military advisors brought in to oversee preparation (266). This specialized unit was created for a specific mission, Operación Rescate ("Operation Rescue"), in which the primary aim was to “prevent the establishment of an insurgent zone in Morazan, which could lead to international recognition of the insurgents as a belligerent force” and thus possible receive military aid from sympathetic nations(32). Prior to entering El Mozote, this military group been conducting interrogations (few with executions coinciding) in nearby villages in order

In Argentina, under the dictatorship of Jorge Rafael Videla, the country experienced many disappearances in the 1970s (Gardner). This was considered the Dirty War of Argentina which was a seven year war between the Argentine government and political dissidents in Argentina ("Military."). Over 30,000 Argentines, mostly innocent people, disappeared, many of which were children aged 18 years or younger. Many families lost their children and loved ones. It seriously affected all of Argentina, making a dent in their population (Goldman).

With continuing reports of atrocities and murders in El Salvador, the U.S. Congress no longer accepted the State Department's assurance that things were getting better. Speaker of the House Tom Foley created a special task force to monitor El Salvador's investigation of the murders. Congressman Joe Moakley of Massachusetts was selected to head up the investigation. During his research and visits to El Salvador, Congressman Moakley encountered a massive cover-up, deep problems with the Salvadoran armed forces, conspiracy and lies, which led him to challenge U.S. policy. He discovered that from a very high level, the armed forces of El Salvador had been responsible for the murders of the Jesuits. His investigation also led to the conclusion that certain levels of the U.S. government had known

A march turned into a protest in Santiago Chile on September 11th, 2016. The march was held to commemorate victims of dictator Augusto Pinochet. The march turned violent when members of the military special forces started arresting marchers, and the marchers fought back. On September 11th, 1973 a violent military overthrow of socialist President Salvador Allende happened in Chile. Leading the coup was the army general turned brutal dictator Augusto Pinochet and the Chilean military security forces. The military coup was financially by the United States government, whom also armed the military security forces. Pinochet, and the military security forces spent the next 17 years committing unspeakable crimes against the Chilean citizens. Although Pinochet stepped down in 1990, no one was held accountable for human rights violations that occurred under Pinochet's reign. And the security forces still remain part of the Chilean military. There remains a palpable anger and distrust towards members of the

The Salvadoran Civil War saw tremendous involvement of women in the FMLN guerrilla movement--among the highest number of female combatants in Latin American armed conflicts--where women composed 60% of logistical support, 30% of armed combatants, and 40% of overall membership (Vasquez 1997). During this conflict setting, Vasquez observed that women performed duties that did not align with the gender binary during “normal times” such as: Combatants (Guerrillas), Field Nurses (Sanitarias), Radio Operators (Radioistas), and Organizers (Brigadistas) (1997). The war as a condition of crisis, loosened traditional gender constraints in El Salvador, that allowed women to actively participate in the private and public spheres of the war effort. This