The Cold War took place between Russia and the United States, and Russia was trying to spread communism while the United States was trying to stop that. During the Cold War period, the communist government influenced the way that the Salvadoran government acted, known as the Domino theory, as the Salvadoran government began violating the human rights of the citizens. A civil war came out of this unequal treatment of citizens, and a peace treaty was formed twelve years later to permit this from ever happening again. The Cold War negatively impacted El Salvador more so than positively because the communist government in Russia influenced the Salvadoran government to violate the human rights of the citizens, which ended up creating a civil war
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As coffee became a major export to El Salvador and brought in 95% of the countries income, only two percent of the wealth was distributed to parts of the population (Kane). Since only certain people, typically from the higher classes, were receiving the money that their country was getting, tensions between the social classes grew and became very strong. In January 1932, Augustín Farabundo Martí, a founder of the Central American Socialist Party, led an uprising of peasants and indigenous people. The military responded by systematically killing anyone who looked or sounded indigenous, or who had supported the uprising. Martí’s name is preserved by the Frente Martí Liberación Nacional, also known as the FMLN (Kane). The government is treating the lower class citizens unfairly and rebel groups are trying to help them. While many people are dying, the lower class citizens are having their rights heard. Although the elections during the civil war were supposedly equal, only center-right and far-right political parties participated in the electoral process while a state of emergency was in effect from 1908 to 1987 (Almeida). Since only one group was running in the elections at the time of the civil war, this hindered the ability of social movements for the civilians and made it much harder for them to express their beliefs. The communist government in Russia began to spread its beliefs …show more content…
“The Salvadoran democratization process commenced with the Chapultepec Peace Accords signed in January 1992, which put an end to 12 years of civil war and opened up political space for both social movements and oppositional political parties” (Almeida). The president of El Salvador and the rebel groups reached an agreement to solve the conflict and to officially end this war, creating the Chapultepec Peace Accords. After the peace accords, the FMLN was legally recognized as an electoral political party (Almeida). The peace accords later change the one political party running for election rule by having the FMLN considered as a party. The civilians benefited from this because they would now be able to speak their opinions freely and not be opposing the government. “The US finally ceased support only in 1990 after the United Nations became involved, and Congressman Moakley confirmed reports of human rights violations” (Kane). As the United States found out that the Salvadoran government were violating human rights all along, they begin to cut their aid from 1.5 million dollars a day to 30-35 million annually. This money, instead of being spent on improving their military, began to help fund reconstructioning their country. Although many people died during this war, this positive change within the Salvadoran government greatly impacts daily life
As coffee became a major export to El Salvador and brought in 95% of the countries income, only two percent of the wealth was distributed to parts of the population (Kane). Since only certain people, typically from the higher classes, were receiving the money that their country was getting, tensions between the social classes grew and became very strong. In January 1932, Augustín Farabundo Martí, a founder of the Central American Socialist Party, led an uprising of peasants and indigenous people. The military responded by systematically killing anyone who looked or sounded indigenous, or who had supported the uprising. Martí’s name is preserved by the Frente Martí Liberación Nacional, also known as the FMLN (Kane). The government is treating the lower class citizens unfairly and rebel groups are trying to help them. While many people are dying, the lower class citizens are having their rights heard. Although the elections during the civil war were supposedly equal, only center-right and far-right political parties participated in the electoral process while a state of emergency was in effect from 1908 to 1987 (Almeida). Since only one group was running in the elections at the time of the civil war, this hindered the ability of social movements for the civilians and made it much harder for them to express their beliefs. The communist government in Russia began to spread its beliefs …show more content…
“The Salvadoran democratization process commenced with the Chapultepec Peace Accords signed in January 1992, which put an end to 12 years of civil war and opened up political space for both social movements and oppositional political parties” (Almeida). The president of El Salvador and the rebel groups reached an agreement to solve the conflict and to officially end this war, creating the Chapultepec Peace Accords. After the peace accords, the FMLN was legally recognized as an electoral political party (Almeida). The peace accords later change the one political party running for election rule by having the FMLN considered as a party. The civilians benefited from this because they would now be able to speak their opinions freely and not be opposing the government. “The US finally ceased support only in 1990 after the United Nations became involved, and Congressman Moakley confirmed reports of human rights violations” (Kane). As the United States found out that the Salvadoran government were violating human rights all along, they begin to cut their aid from 1.5 million dollars a day to 30-35 million annually. This money, instead of being spent on improving their military, began to help fund reconstructioning their country. Although many people died during this war, this positive change within the Salvadoran government greatly impacts daily life