President of El Salvador

El Salvador The country that this article will be talking about is called El Salvador. It says this country would be fun to learn about the culture and history of El Salvador. The location of El Salvador is Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean,, between Guatemala. The main idea of El Salvador is to learn about the geography,economy, government, climate, culture, and interesting facts. It will be talking about how El Salvador has so many facts about geography. El Salvador has…

The United States had a great fear for communism during the time of El Salvador’s civil war. Ronald Reagan said this in regard to why the United States decided to support the government of El Salvador "to halt the infiltration into the Americas, by terrorists and by outside interference, and those who aren't just aiming at El Salvador but, I think, are aiming at the whole of Central and possibly later South America and, I'm sure, eventually North America."(Blum). Keep in mind the Soviet Union…

The United States is experiencing an increase in Transnational Organized Crime (TOC), particularly from the Salvadoran gang Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13. President Trump identified this organization as a direct threat the U.S. national security during his campaign for office. President Trump reiterated this in the State of Union address in January 2018. Mara Salvatrucha’s rapid growth and transnational connections create a violent threat to the Nation Security of the United States. This essay…

College President Benjamin E. Mays, King felt that God had called him to be a pastor but also fight for social justice. At a young age, Romero felt called to defend the poor and fight the injustices being done by the government. There is no doubt that Oscar Romero and Martin Luther King Jr. were incredible men that worked diligently towards equality and justice for all. Whether it be leading the Civil Rights Movement (MLK Jr.) or challenging the power of the government during the civil war in El…

“There are many things that can only be seen through eyes that have cried.”(Oscar Arnulfo Romero). Oscar Arnulfo Romero was an Archbishop of San Salvador who helped popularize liberation theology in Latin America. He was outspoken about the suffering of the poor, against capitalism, oligarchies, and repression from the state. In particular, he voiced concerns about the U.S. arming the Salvadoran military, which had acted as a brutal state police and committed violence against the Salvadoran…

Satyagraha means truth and insistence, both words could be said to have been part of Archbishop Romero’s strategy to stop the violence happening in El Salvador. Romero was a man who was only trying to speak the truth and insist in nonviolent, mostly non-confrontational ways that the use of violence in this conflict could be stopped. The film Romero, has several instances where this belief could be clearly shown. The first instance where Satyagraha as a nonviolent reaction is clearly seen is…

will be in analyzing the effects of the Ofensiva hasta el tope that occurred during the Salvadoran Civil War in 1989. The Ofensiva hasta el tope was largely considered to be the catalyst for ensuring that the peace negotiations were sped up. Because of these negotiations, the peace treaties of Chapultepec were eventually allowed to occur. Due to many actions on both sides of the conflict, including the assassination of a Supreme Court president and six Jesuit priests, this conflict helped foster…

engage illegal activities. Governments around the world are primarily established to create laws for the safety of their country. Unfortunately, not every country’s governments institute authority. The Northern Triangle which is made up of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala is a frightening illustration of a tainted government’s image. The Northern Triangle’s governmental priority should be to reduce the corruption of Organized Crime, rather than enhance it. As an alternative of minoring the…

To begin,“Las Catorce” or the Fourteen Families that owned El Salvador’s land and controlled its politics until well into the 20th century was at the top of society. The Cold War in El Salvador was ruled by a series of military officers aligned with the wealthy and conservative aristocracy. Eventually, the FMLN (Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front) became the largest…

El Salvador began the rating period with the world’s highest homicide rate, uncertainty over long-stalled corruption investigations, and a policing strategy that had failed to meet citizen needs—all root causes of illegal migration. Stemming this migration flow is the Embassy's top priority as laid out in both our Integrated Country Strategy and U.S. Strategy for Engagement in Central America. Leading one of the Embassy's largest sections, I knew instinctively that I had to hire additional…