Salvadoran Civil War

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armed conflict civil war

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.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
El Salvador Civil War	1

Statements (52)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

ARENA party → activeDuring → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Nationalist Republican Alliance

FMLN → activeInConflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front → activeInConflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

Geneva Agreement → appliesToConflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

New York Agreement → appliesToConflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

Armed Forces of El Salvador → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

Atlacatl Battalion → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

El Mozote massacre → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

Government of El Salvador → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

Treasury Police of El Salvador → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

Archbishop Óscar Romero → conflict → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Óscar Romero

San José Agreement → conflictContext → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

Chapultepec Peace Accords → conflictEnded → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

UN Truth Commission for El Salvador → conflictInvestigated → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: El Salvador Civil War

ONUSAL → conflictMonitored → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

El Salvador → hasCivilWar → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

Government of El Salvador → historicalPeriod → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

Treasury Police of El Salvador → operationalPeriod → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

Salvador Sánchez Cerén → participantIn → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

Christian Democratic Party of El Salvador → playedRoleIn → Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ

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