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.

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

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ARENA party activeDuring Salvadoran Civil War
subject surface form: Nationalist Republican Alliance
FMLN 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
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
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
Salvador Sánchez Cerén participantIn Salvadoran Civil War
1979 Salvadoran coup d'état preceded Salvadoran Civil War