On 14 July 1969, an armed conflict erupted between El Salvador and Honduras over immigration disputes caused by Honduran land reform laws. The conflict (known as the Football War) …

Dec 23, 2025 · El Salvador - Civil War, Conflict, Refugees: Shortly after General Romero’s ouster, the country was plunged into a civil war that would last for the next 12 years. There were other …

Oct 11, 2025 · Between 1980 and 1992, a civil war raged in El Salvador. Who were the key players, and what were they fighting for—or against? In the decades preceding the outbreak of …

Apr 7, 2025 · The root causes of the conflict were economic. A polarized political system emerged from El Salvador’s colonial past in which a small group of economic elites held political power …

Guatemalans resisted the new regime and the country fell into a civil war that lasted from 1960 to 1996 and killed up to 200,000 people. Overall, US support for Guatemalan dictators was part …

Oscar Romero, an advocate for the poor in El Salvador and outspoken critic of the oligarchy, on 1980 was an event that marked a civil war (Hutchinson 1998, XIV). Archbishop Romero was …

El Salvador invaded Honduras but withdrew without accomplishing anything. The war ended, but no peace agreement was established concerning the border between Honduras and El …

From 1980 until 1992, El Salvador was engulfed in a civil war that resulted in the deaths of 75,000 civilians, countless acts of torture, sexual violence, gender-based violence, and enforced …

It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly when the increasing political violence that marked the 1970s in El Salvador tipped into a full-scale, 12-year civil war. But many point to the assassination of …

Mar 7, 2025 · Discover 40 intriguing facts about the Salvadoran Civil War, a pivotal conflict in Central American history that shaped El Salvador's future.