El Salvador Elections - El Salvador

A collection of news reports from the 1985 Salvadoran elections. Contains footage of rallies, marches, protests and voting.

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[12GaugeLosAngeles]

El Salvador was ruined by American policies. Bush needs a bullet in his face, hiw whole family tree.

[riquelbc]

And ignorant people still yell to [illegal] immigrants to go back to their country. WTF? are you kidding me?

[tommyl89]

Ahi sale mi querido @tejutepequecom (Tejutepeque)... Minutos 3:12... Que bueno poder ver como era en esos tiempos, Pero que duro ver como sufrio el país a causa de la guerra!.

[promotenext]

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[iloveabbie12]

if the guerrilla had really got tons of arms from cuba that war could have been over in few months,there were thousnds of un armed people in the country side,it really was pleope's struggle,the u s a paranoia of comunism expansion wroght the billions of dollars and cover mass murders vietnam style and now 30years later people want justice

[JoeDaPlumber]

@1985Aquiles You're wrong on that. While the left affiliated itself with some dark people like Brezhev and Fidel they saw it as a means to an end. I don't think the campesinos fighting for the revolution gave a damn about Marx or Adam Smith, it was a fight to liberate from the military dictatorship which eventually became depicted as an ideological war. If the FMLN would've won the war, democracy would have emerged eventually. Do you think Salvadorians would allow ANOTHER DICTATORSHIP?

[1985Aquiles]

@JoeDaPlumber Freedom from military dictatorship - Yes. Freedom and democracy by left wingers - No. If young incompetent guerrilla insurgents had had their way, we would be a lot worse today. Taking over mass production industries, private sector, and land was a mistake even FMLN leaders now say it was a mistake. When freedom and democracy is at stake, citizens usually vote right wing. Let's face it, in order for the FMLN to win the presidential elections, they had to move a notch to the right

[JoeDaPlumber]

@1985Aquiles Anecdotal evidence does not refute the CIA report. The military was divided between Duarte and the ARENA camp which favored a stronger "scorched earth approach". In addition, Cristiani's testimony does not warrant rejection of the CIA report due to that it was discovered via extra-Salvadorian intel means (not ES originated). He did a fine job with the constitution, no doubt but this was a war for freedom from the repressive military dictatorship of the PCN. Don't you agree?

[1985Aquiles]

@JoeDaPlumber BTW - where do you stand?

[1985Aquiles]

@JoeDaPlumber I asked Cristiani himself and he denies the 'conspiracy theory' despite what the FOIA says. The military was divided. Elites where being kidnapped/killed for money from both military and guerilla peasants. D'Aubuisson was a strong, disciplined & patriotic leader that was necessary in those times. A man who redacted the Constitution and formed a political party to try to win his way up through democratic elections. Lets call it for what it really was, a war for seats in the assembly

[JoeDaPlumber]

@1985Aquiles The guerrillas fought to change ES from the dictatorship of PCN government which had shown ineffectiveness and corrupt leanings. This isn't about left or right but about what is just. ES could not advance in that type of dictatorship. Romero came out to speak against the millitary govt of Gen Romero and NEVER ADVOCATED VIOLENCE. D'Abuisson was a psycho he even tried to kill Alfredo Cristiani b/c he couldn't be prez. Look it up in the CIA declassified files. FOIA.

[1985Aquiles]

@JoeDaPlumber Romero was a fake christian. If only he'd been shot in 1981,we would know whether he would verbally attack Fidel Castro for supporting armament to the guerrilla insurgents in ES. An agitator and a morally confused Romero would rarely speak against guerrilla insurgents who started in 1971 kidnapping, terrorizing & murdering Salvadorans. A communist under his cassock garment. 12 years of political struggle from the radical left, gave us 4 titanic victories in the elections. Oops!