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El Salvador in Focus
Date: 10/14/1989Call Number: LA 091Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
News from radio Farbundio Marti with Samuel Adams and Penelope Jones. Archbishop denounces Christiani Government., Salvadorian Mothers occupy Costa Rican embassy, Congress debates El Salvador, FLMN commander Lenal Gonzales comments on Current dialogue with Christiani Government.
El Salvador in Focus
The government of El Salvador votes to continue a “state of siege” despite internal opposition. The state suspends constitutional rights and expands the power of the military. Unions in El Salvador call for a political solution and the integration of FMLN into a new democratic government. Meanwhile, in the U.S. opposition to U.S. military assistance and financial aid grows, perhaps catalyzed by the recent murder of 6 Jesuit priests. Bills to end aid have been introduced to Congress, one sponsored by John Kerry and Edward Kennedy. Don White, an organizer for the Los Angeles chapter of the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), comments on the developments in Congress and on the work that CISPES is doing.
El Salvador In Focus
This tape includes a statement from the FMLN on the recent election in Nicaragua placing the UNO party in power. Military choppers bomb civilians and refuse to prosecute the pilots. Labor movement repression worsens. CDHES, the non-governmental Human Rights Commission of El Salvador, issue its statistics on civilian deaths for 1989. Miguel Ramirez, U.S. representative of the Union of Independent Unions and Associations of El Salvador, speaks about attempts to organize under the current state of siege.
El Salvador In Focus
Around 8000 refugees return from Honduras to El Salvador and suffer violent abuses from the military. People ask the Christiani government to intervene. Christiani introduces legislation to nullify the land reform decrees of 1980. If passed critics say this will hurt cooperatives and further consolidate land into the hands of the few. FMLN sees a positive side to the elections in Nicaragua. U.S. critics call it the victory of violence and intimidation. The report turns to Panama and the U.S. occupation post invasion, citing yet more human rights violations by the U.S. and cover up attempts.
El Salvador in Focus
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
Date: 10/5/1989Call Number: LA 103Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: Radio El FarbeCollection: El Salvador
Salvadorian defense minister rejects Talia accord. No Negotiations between the Christiani Government and the FLMN. National UNTS union of workers demands negotiations based on human rights violations.
El Salvador in Focus
Date: 12/2/1989Call Number: LA 106Format: CassetteProducers: Sam Adams, Penelope Jones, Judy GerberProgram: Radio El FarbeCollection: El Salvador
United Nations passes resolution on situation in El Salvador. Americas Watch accuses the Bush Administration of defending the indefensible. A North American citizen is tortured by a national guard with a US embassy official present. FLMN expressed willingness for an internationally supervised cease fire.
El Salvador in Focus
Date: 11/4/1989Call Number: LA 110Format: CassetteProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
On October 31, 1989 a bomb explodes in the National Federation of Salvadoran workers (FINASTRAS) headquarters killing 12 people. The military had recently named human rights organizations and labor unions as front groups for the FMLN. The labor unions hold the military responsible for the bombing. Earlier the same morning a bomb exploded in the building of the Mothers of the Disappeared and Assassinated. The Salvadoran Government, with the aid of U.S. tax dollars, is violently and openly targeting dissenters. This tape also contains exerts of an interview with Robert Dabuson, Arena Party President for Life. Dabuson was named in an unpublished U.S. embassy report as the mastermind behind the assassination of Archbishop Oscer Romero in 1980. Also, 1600 refugees are allowed to return from Honduras to their native villages in El Salvador.
El Salvador in Focus
Date: 1/5/1990Call Number: LA 015BFormat: Cass BProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
Christiani Regime under pressure from the US admits military involvement in the execution of six Jesuit priests executed on Nov. 16th 1989. Human rights abuses continue throughout El Salvador. Interview with Larry Burns executive director of the council of Hemispheric affairs.
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.
