Peace Agreement

(FMLN) stands for

• Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front

• Fran Marti National Liberate Front

• Farsive Marti National Liberation Front

Why was Oscar Romero so important?

• Because He defended left-wing forces in Salvador

• Because he fought with the FMLN

• Because He spoke out against poverty, social injustice, assassinations, and torture amid a growing war between left-wing and right-wing forces in Salvador

Left-wing rebels and government forces fought in a 12-year civil between 1992 -2004

• TRUE

• FALSE

Right-wing National Conciliation Party (PCN) comes to power after a military coup in 1961.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Who begins quest for negotiated settlement with FMLN.

• Oscar Romero

• Napoleon Duarte

• Armando Calderon Sol

When did they sign the peace Agreement according to the link?

• 1981

• 1991

• 2007

According to : (page 68)The peace processes of Colombia and El Salvador : A comparative study, why haveThe Colombian Guerrillas never had the international prestige of the guerrilla movement in El Salvador?

According to this file, the concept of Terrorism is the criminal activities set directed to obtain not an economic

benefit, but to demonstrate the capability of inflicting a considerable social damage in case of not giving up to the criminals' demands.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What are the diferences between Colombian and Salvadorian military?

• few members of the armed forces, faced the enemy in the military operations and also in the cities, and their families were threatened and attacked in Colombia.Many officers and enlisted were killed at home and many families were hurt while their relative military was chasing guerrillas. Every operation was a new hope to finish the conflict, and they ended up every time with more casualties and no trace of a· military victory. In Colombia, due to the size of the country, most of the time, the main areas of guerrilla operations have been close to the main cities. The military has the assignment for its members of"Public Order" as a especial category which means counter insurgency.

• All the members of the armed forces, faced the enemy in the military operations and also in the cities, and their families were threatened and attacked in Salvador.Many officers and enlisted were killed at home and many families were hurt while their relative military was chasing guerrillas. Every operation was

  a new hope to finish the conflict, and they ended up every time with more casualties and no trace of a· military victory. In Colombia, due to the size of the country, most of the time, the main areas of guerrilla operations have not been close to the main cities. The military has the assignment for its members of"Public Order" as a especial category which means counter insurgency. Not all the mi!itary_personnel is in that category, so we may argue that not all the military

  personnel are under continuous pressure.

Which were goverments carried out in the period 1978 -1992 in the Violence - peace inColombia (page 169)