el salvador

Introduces the geography, history, government, people, and economy of the smallest and most densely populated of the Central American nations.

"Previously published in . . . The New York review of books in October 1982." Discusses the situation of anarchy and terrorism in El Salvador as of 1982.

Traces the development of U.S. policy and the evolution of El Salvador's civil war.

Discusses El Salvador's civil war which began in 1980, focusing on the origins of political unrest and the involvement of the FMLN, the campesinos, and the Salvadoran and American governments.

The triumphs and tragedies of the working class Pairetos clan and the wealthy Contreras family become intertwined through the lives of three generations of women in the politically turbulent country of El Salvador in the decades between the 1930s and the 1970s.

A young girl in El Salvador goes to the market with her father and helps her family obtain necessities by trading a precious item of her own.

This bilingual edition is a record of the struggles, hopes, and dreams of a war-torn El Salvador.

Contains poetry on the emotionally devastating guerrilla warfare in South America.