FMLN

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FMLN (Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front) is a leftist political organization in El Salvador that began as a coalition of guerrilla groups during the Salvadoran Civil War and later became a major political party.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf guerrilla movement
left-wing organization
political party
abbreviation FMLN self-link
activeInConflict Salvadoran Civil War
armedWingDuringWar FMLN guerrilla forces
color red
country El Salvador NERFINISHED
formerGuerrillaGroup ERP
FPL
PCES armed wing
PRTC
RN
formerStatus insurgent organization
foundedAs guerrilla coalition
fullName Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
surface form: Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional
fullNameInEnglish Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
hasPoliticalAllies Latin American left-wing parties
hasYouthWing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
surface form: Juventud del FMLN
headquartersLocation San Salvador
historicalOpponent ARENA party
surface form: ARENA
ideology democratic socialism
left-wing politics
socialism
language Spanish
legalizedAsParty 1992
namedAfter Farabundo Martí
notablePresidentFromParty Mauricio Funes
Salvador Sánchez Cerén
operatedAsUndergroundMovementUntil 1992
opposedRegime U.S.-backed Salvadoran government during civil war
opposes military dictatorship
participatesIn elections in El Salvador
peaceAccordsDate 1992-01-16
politicalPosition left-wing
recognizedBy Government of El Salvador
regionOfActivity Central America
roleInHistory major actor in Salvadoran Civil War
roleInPolitics major party in postwar Salvadoran politics
signedPeaceAccords Chapultepec Peace Accords
startDateAsGuerrilla 1980-10-10
supports human rights
labor rights
social justice policies
transitionedTo legal political party
typeOfOrganization mass political party
wonPresidentialElection 2009
2014

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