Salvadoran Civil War

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The Salvadoran Civil War was a brutal conflict from 1979 to 1992 between the U.S.-backed Salvadoran government and leftist guerrilla groups, marked by widespread human rights abuses and significant civilian casualties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
characterizedBy forced disappearances ⓘ
massacres of civilians ⓘ
torture ⓘ
widespread human rights abuses ⓘ
conflictIn El Salvador ⓘ
country El Salvador ⓘ
deathTollEstimate approximately 75,000 people killed ⓘ
displacedPersonsEstimate hundreds of thousands displaced ⓘ
endDate 1992 ⓘ
followedBy postwar reconstruction in El Salvador ⓘ
hasAbbreviation FMLN ⓘ
hasBelligerent Armed Forces of El Salvador ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

leftist guerrilla groups ⓘ
right-wing death squads ⓘ
hasCause fraudulent elections ⓘ
land concentration ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
social inequality in El Salvador ⓘ
hasConsequence creation of truth commission ⓘ
large-scale emigration from El Salvador ⓘ
militarization of Salvadoran society ⓘ
hasDuration approximately 12 years ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front ⓘ
Government of El Salvador ⓘ
hasPeaceAgreement Chapultepec Peace Accords ⓘ
involvedInternationalOrganization United Nations ⓘ
involvedOrganization ARENA party ⓘ
Atlacatl Battalion ⓘ
Christian Democratic Party of El Salvador ⓘ
Armed Forces of El Salvador ⓘ
surface form: Salvadoran National Guard

Treasury Police of El Salvador ⓘ
notableEvent assassination of Óscar Romero ⓘ
notableEventDate 1980-03-24 ⓘ
notableMassacre El Mozote massacre ⓘ
notableMassacreDate 1981 ⓘ
notableVictimGroup Archbishop Óscar Romero ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
peaceAccordsDate 1992-01-16 ⓘ
peaceAccordsSignedIn Mexico City ⓘ
precededBy 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état ⓘ
result demobilization of FMLN ⓘ
peace agreement between Salvadoran government and FMLN ⓘ
transformation of FMLN into political party ⓘ
startDate 1979 ⓘ
supportedBy Cuba ⓘ
Nicaragua ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
truthCommissionName UN Truth Commission for El Salvador ⓘ

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

El Salvador → hasCivilWar → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
Chapultepec Peace Accords → conflictEnded → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
El Mozote massacre → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
Treasury Police of El Salvador → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
Atlacatl Battalion → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
Government of El Salvador → historicalPeriod → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
Government of El Salvador → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
FMLN → activeInConflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
Armed Forces of El Salvador → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
1979 Salvadoran coup d'état → preceded → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
Archbishop Óscar Romero → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
subject surface form: Óscar Romero
ARENA party → activeDuring → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
subject surface form: Nationalist Republican Alliance
UN Truth Commission for El Salvador → conflictInvestigated → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Salvador Civil War
ONUSAL → conflictMonitored → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
San José Agreement → conflictContext → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
Salvador Sánchez Cerén → participantIn → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
Geneva Agreement → appliesToConflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
New York Agreement → appliesToConflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
Cold War proxy conflicts → hasPart → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
Salvador → mainSubject → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
Richard Boyle in Salvador → involvedIn → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Boyle (Salvador)
Richard Boyle in Salvador → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Boyle (Salvador)
Nicaraguan Civil War → relatedTo → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
Policía de Hacienda → conflictInvolvement → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
El Calabozo massacre → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
People's Revolutionary Army → activeInConflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
Armed Forces of National Resistance → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
FPL → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
FPL → partOf → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salvadoran left-wing insurgency
ERP → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
PRTC → activeInConflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
FMLN guerrilla forces → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
Central American conflicts of the 1980s → hasPart → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
Sumpul River massacre → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
Sumpul River massacre → relatedEvent → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
Salvadoran peace process → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
United Nations Security Council resolution 693 → concerns → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 693
United Nations Security Council resolution 693 → relatedConflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 693
this entity surface form: El Salvador Civil War
Salvadoran Air Force → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
José Napoleón Duarte → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
Alfredo Félix Cristiani Burkard → participatedIn → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ