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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
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 Dabuson was named in an unpublished U.S. embassy report as the mastermind behind the assassination of Archbishop Oscer Romero in 1980.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: 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
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
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
Date: 11/18/1989Call Number: LA 114Format: CassetteProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
Fighting escalates across all 14 provinces of El Salvador. House to house fighting in San Salvador is accompanied by the bombing of neighborhoods by the El Salvador air force, Eye witnesses report numerous atrocities committed by the El Salvador military including firing on a red cross ambulance and torturing and executing 6 Jesuit priests. Some U.S. Senators speak out against U.S. financial and military support of the El Salvador government.
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
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.
