What the records say
- When
- 25 Jan 1961
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 13.70° N, 89.19° W
- Description
- overthrow of the Junta of Government
1961 Salvadoran coup d'état
Overthrow of the Junta of Government
The 1961 Salvadoran coup d'état was a successful countercoup in El Salvador led by Colonel Aníbal Portillo against the short-lived Junta of Government that had taken power in 1960, replacing the reformist military junta with an ardent anti-communist government named the Civic-Military Directory. By the end of that year, military governance had given way to democratic rule.
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- Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Cline Center Coup d’État Project v2.2.2Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois · names it “Coup in El Salvador”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
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