EL SALVADOR GVT VS FMLN GUERRILLAS
YEARS: 1979-1992 | DEATHS: 75000
THE CONFLICT DATABASE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UPPSALA
Information about this conflict can be found in the conflict database made and maintained by the The Department of Peace and Conflict Research at University of Uppsala in Sweden.
DATABASE DETAILS
Qoute: "Following the overthrow of President Carlos Humberto Romero in October 1979, El Salvador’s various left-wing groups became increasingly critical of the alleged right-wing tendencies of the new ruling junta. From 1980 they mounted a concerted military and diplomatic campaign to overthrow the government. Inspired by Agustin Farabundo Martí’s earlier revolt, anti-regime guerrilla forces created the Farabundo Martí Front for National Liberation (FMLN) as their political arm. FMLN called on the government to enter into a dialogue to restore democracy, but at the same time rejected the government’s demand that the guerrilla war should be halted as a prelude for negotiations".