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FMLN and El Salvador News FMLN and El Salvador News
Date: 12/1/1989Call Number: LA 085AFormat: Cass AProducers: Atlanta Committee for Latin AmericaProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: El Salvador
Judy Gerber, host of a Defiant Heart, reads recent news from El Salvador concerning attacks in San Salvador and other major cities and the controversy surrounding the supply of arms to the FMLN.
El Salvador in Focus El Salvador in Focus
Date: 2/4/1990Call Number: LA 102Format: CassetteCollection: El Salvador
Headlines on current events in Christiani government including political dismissals, international image, UN visit, and refusal to participate in mediation with FMLN. Interview of Oscar Chacon, the Central America Program Coordinator of Oxfam America on the government’s unjustified attacks on civilian organizations labeled “fronts for the FMLN”.
El Salvador In Focus El Salvador In Focus
Date: 11/25/1989Call Number: LA 109Format: CassetteProgram: El Salvador In FocusCollection: El Salvador
Fighting intensified last week, forces launch second wave National Political military offensive. Christiani Government claims victory. FMLN targets major military institutions, wealthiest neighborhoods. Major FMLN military offensive in the province of San Miguel. FMLN forces occupied Sheraton Hotel. Salvadorian Legislature passes Penal reform code that outlaws possession and distribution of subversive material, prohibits nonviolent protest and outlaws subversive organizations.
El Salvador in Focus El Salvador in Focus
Date: 10/1/1989Call Number: LA 111Format: CassetteProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
Arena Government escalates repression targeting civilians as well as the FMLN. Aerial bombings and ground troop attacks on villages increase in frequency and severity. The FMLN lift their voluntary cease fire in response to the government and military violence. On September 18 the National trade Union of Salvadoran Workers (FINASTRAS) held a protest march in San Salvador demanding the release of union organizers in government custody. Police attacked the protesters with tear gas and beatings. Those arrested reported being tortured. Eight women reported being raped by the police in jail. Meanwhile, In Washington D.C. The U.S. Senate votes overwhelmingly to increase military aid to El Salvador.
El Salvador in Focus El Salvador in Focus
Date: 11/11/1989Call Number: LA 113AFormat: Cass AProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
FMLN wages nation wide offensive. A group of young officers publish a letter condemning the military high command. President Christiani forms a commission to investigate last weeks bombings. Three opposition political activists are found assassinated. FMLN states what is needed for peaceful negotiations to occur.
El Salvador in Focus El Salvador in Focus
Date: 10/6/1989Call Number: LA 118AFormat: Cass AProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
Wounded FMLN combatants are evacuated to Cuba, an action seen as a diplomatic victory for FMLN and defeat for the Christiai Government. In response, the government increases repression of civilians across the country, targeting workers, peasants, and religious organizations. The FMLN ends a 10-day cease fire and launches their largest offensive to date on September 25. On October 2 Christiani addresses the United Nations General Assembly. His words contradict many of the actions his government has been taking against poor people in El Salvador.
El Salvador in Focus El Salvador in Focus
Date: 10/28/1989Call Number: LA 119AFormat: Cass AProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
More allegations arise implicating the El Salvador military and their direct involvement with the Death Squads torturing, executing, and terrorizing the civilian population. Members of the military and the national police have been repeatedly identified as active in the Death Squads. A deserter from the First Infantry Brigade and former Death Squad member testifies that high ranking military officials and U.S. advisors directly support Death Squad activity. Students at the National University are targeted. Sixteen hundred refugees begin a long march home from Honduras. Refugee and repatriation leaders are captured by the El Salvador military on their way to the border and their whereabouts are unknown. In San Jose, Costa Rica, peace talks between the FMLN and the Christiani government end with no resolution.