Military In El Salvador Essay

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El Salvador is known for their democracy government. Once it was 1841 El Salvador had broken away from the Central American Federation. The Conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance also known as ARENA had gotten their share of presidency while still having competition with The Marxist-Leninist Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front who is also known as FMLN. When the war had taken place there were 500,000 displaced and 75,000 dead which had led the ARENA party to capture the presidency for at least two decades.The government in El Salvador does play a big role but so does the military.("El Salvador" 2014).
The military in El Salvador is prepared for anything that will come into their way. They are supplied with at least 52 different types of aircraft strengths which include 15 attack aircrafts, 26 transport aircraft, 3 trainer aircrafts, and 30 total helicopter strength so then are prepared to take on any type of problems that will come up. This is a great advantage because there are countries out there who do not have any type of military which can be a bad thing. Countries who do not have a military may think they are strong
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Not having terrorism is a good thing because that is just one less problem we will need to worry about since the main problem in El Salvador is the gang violence that happens there.("El Salvador 2017 Crime & Safety

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