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The British Cemetery

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The British Cemetery
The British Cemetery
The British Cemetery
The British Cemetery
The British Cemetery
The British Cemetery
The British Cemetery
The British Cemetery
The British Cemetery
The British Cemetery
The British Cemetery
The British Cemetery
The British Cemetery
The British Cemetery
The British Cemetery
Phone:
+55-71-3336-2306

Address:
Av. Sete de Setembro, 3346 - Vitu00F3ria, Salvador - BA, 40140-110, Brazil

The Salvadoran Civil War was a conflict between the military-led government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front , a coalition or umbrella organization of several left-wing groups. A coup on October 15, 1979, led to the killings of anti-coup protesters by the government as well as anti-disorder protesters by the guerrillas, and is widely seen as the tipping point toward civil war.The full-fledged civil war lasted for more than 12 years and saw extreme violence. It also included the deliberate terrorizing and targeting of civilians by death squads, the recruitment of child soldiers and other violations of human rights, mostly done by the military. An unknown number of people disappeared during the conflict, and the UN reports that the war killed more than 75,000 people between 1980 and 1992. In 2016, the El Salvador Supreme Court ruled that the amnesty law was unconstitutional and that the El Salvador government could prosecute war criminals.The United States contributed to the conflict by providing large amounts of military aid of $1–2 million per day to the government of El Salvador during the Carter and Reagan administrations. The Salvadoran government was considered friendly and allies by the U.S. in the context of the Cold War. By May 1983, US officers took over positions in the top levels of the Salvadoran military, were making critical decisions and running the war.The United Nations has estimated that the FMLN guerrillas were responsible for 5% of the murders of civilians during the Salvadoran civil war, while approximately 85% of all killings of civilians were committed by the Salvadoran armed forces and death squads.In 1990 the UN began peace negotiations and on January 16, 1992, a final agreement, The Chapultepec Peace Accords, was signed by the combatants in Mexico City, formally ending the conflict.
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