How one of the fiercest Civil War in El Salvador started?
Never officially declared; El Salvador’s civil war lasted over ten years.
This conflict that had its beginnings at the dawn of 1981, when a front recently formed, began a brutal offensive.
Since that January 10, 1981, when the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) issued its furious communiqué, more than 10 years have passed until
The Chapultepec Agreement was signed,
such agreement brought sanity to a terrible situation. one afternoon in Mexico City, on January 16, 1992, with the help of the United Nations (UN) as guarantee provider,
but what was it that led to a battle between compatriots that killed more than 75,000 salvadorans?
What have been the devastating consequences that resonate today?
What was the trigger for the start of the war?
While it is true that this battle has not had an “official declaration”
it has been violent and bloody; to such an extent that it has cost the lives of
more than 75,000 Salvadorans.
The conflict took place as a result of an annulment of the political opposition and a brutal repression against the unions and intellectuals.
But this deepened much more when this repression had become expansive to ordinary citizens.
With a clear military objective: End the FMNL.
The government had various “paramilitary squads” that ended up carrying out different massacres throughout the country.
One of the most terrible genocides that occurred took place in
Mozote in 1981.
Where a military group killed approximately 600 peasants.
The turn of the decade and the arrival of the 1990s brought with them the hope of a path of peace and dialogue,
but this happened after the war was already leaving tens of thousands of dead and families destroyed by an bloody war,
the roads to peace talks between the government and the guerrillas began.
the beginning of a new stage in the life of el salvador
The beginning of the road to peace was forged in Mexico with the UN as a mediator. It was then, in 1992,
when the Chapultepec accords were finally settled and a new chapter opened in the life of El Salvador.
The crux of the “cold war” began to have a halo of justice with the creation of the Truth Commission that would investigate the genocide caused by one of the most aberrant human rights violations.
These peace accords began a new era in the democracy of El Salvador, closing a stage of the dominance of the military over the State.
While, in turn, it caused the FMLN to break down.
After 15 years of war, tension, genocide and deep pain and sorrow for the Salvadoran people, in 1994 the first elections were held.
However, the left and the right left armed battles behind to engage in a political brawl
which allowed the conservative party
ARENA,
To obtain the power of command of the executive branch.
such power lasted until 2009, the year in which
FMLN
was able to win the elections.
injustice, social inequality, and deep violence: the vestiges of the post-war era
The remnants of the war were beginning to be left behind and what was supposed to be a time of reconstruction of democracy, of peace or of a rebirth of El Salvador
was beginning to show another dark side.
been that the crucial post-war period, was matched by a state that did not prioritize social welfare in the least.
El Salvador was beginning to travel a winding road that would cause deep inequality and poverty that would lead to serious cases of :
–child malnutrition,
-lack of employment and
-much insecurity.
The nineties were marked by privatizations and the concentration of wealth in the wealthiest sectors.
Likewise, the lack of investment by the public sector in education and health generated the genesis of a social problem that unfortunately continues to this day.
this inequity has caused a huge lack of opportunities
for a population that still has many:
–poor families,
-poor children,
-a population that continues to struggle
for the possibility of living on truly healthy lands.