Armed conflict

El Salvador: Government

1989 – 1991 · 13.83° N, 89.03° W

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When
1989 – 1991
Kind
Armed conflict
Deaths
5,861
Coordinates
13.83° N, 89.03° W
Incompatibility
government
Type of conflict
intrastate
Region
Americas
Location
El Salvador
Side a
Government of El Salvador
Side b
FMLN

Placed at the middle of its 95 recorded clashes (UCDP GED).

Salvadoran Civil War

1979–1992 conflict in El Salvador

The Salvadoran Civil War was a twelve-year civil war in El Salvador that was fought between the government of El Salvador that was backed by the United States, against the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition of left-wing guerrilla groups that was backed by Cuba under Fidel Castro, Daniel Ortega's Nicaragua and the Soviet Union.

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