1979 Salvadoran coup d'état

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coup d'état military coup political event

The 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état was a military-led overthrow of President Carlos Humberto Romero that installed a reformist junta and set the stage for the outbreak of the Salvadoran Civil War.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador	2
Golpe de Estado en El Salvador de 1979	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coup d'état ⓘ military coup ⓘ political event ⓘ
aimedAt	ending human rights abuses ⓘ implementing social and economic reforms ⓘ preventing a leftist revolution ⓘ
context	Cold War ⓘ growing social inequality in El Salvador ⓘ repression of political opposition in El Salvador ⓘ rural land conflicts in El Salvador ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
contributedTo	outbreak of the Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
country	El Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	1979-10-15 ⓘ
followedBy	further military juntas in El Salvador ⓘ increased U.S. involvement in El Salvador ⓘ
governmentFormed	1979 Salvadoran coup d'état self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador
hasNameInLanguage	1979 Salvadoran coup d'état self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Golpe de Estado en El Salvador de 1979
language	Spanish ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
ledBy	reformist elements in the Salvadoran Armed Forces ⓘ young military officers ⓘ
location	San Salvador ⓘ
opposedBy	hardline military officers ⓘ right-wing paramilitary groups ⓘ some conservative elites ⓘ
overthrew	Carlos Humberto Romero ⓘ
partOf	history of El Salvador ⓘ
preceded	Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
relatedTo	Christian Democratic Party of El Salvador ⓘ 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador Armed Forces of El Salvador ⓘ surface form: Salvadoran Armed Forces leftist guerrilla organizations in El Salvador ⓘ right-wing death squads in El Salvador ⓘ
result	beginning of a reformist military-civilian junta ⓘ end of the Romero government ⓘ escalation of armed conflict in El Salvador ⓘ establishment of a Revolutionary Government Junta ⓘ overthrow of President Carlos Humberto Romero ⓘ political instability in El Salvador ⓘ radicalization of opposition movements ⓘ
significance	marked the beginning of a period of civil war ⓘ marked the collapse of traditional military rule in El Salvador ⓘ turning point in modern Salvadoran history ⓘ
supportedBy	Christian Democratic Party of El Salvador ⓘ reformist civilians ⓘ
targetedOffice	President of El Salvador ⓘ
year	1979 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1979 Salvadoran coup d'état → governmentFormed → 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador

1979 Salvadoran coup d'état → hasNameInLanguage → 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golpe de Estado en El Salvador de 1979

Salvadoran Civil War → precededBy → 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état ⓘ

1979 Salvadoran coup d'état → relatedTo → 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador