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Broadcasting the civil war in El Salvador : a memoir of guerrilla radio /

"During the 1980s war in El Salvador, Radio Venceremos was the main news outlet for the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN), the guerrilla organization that challenged the government. The broadcast provided a vital link between combatants in the mountains and the outside...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Henríquez Consalvi, Carlos, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
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Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, 2010.
Edición:1st University of Texas Press ed.
Colección:LLILAS Translations from Latin America series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"During the 1980s war in El Salvador, Radio Venceremos was the main news outlet for the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN), the guerrilla organization that challenged the government. The broadcast provided a vital link between combatants in the mountains and the outside world, as well as an alternative to mainstream media reporting. In this first-person account, "Santiago," the legend behind Radio Venceremos, tells the story of the early years of that conflict, a rebellion of poor peasants against the Salvadoran government and its benefactor, the United States. Originally published as La Terquedad del Izote, this memoir also addresses the broader story of a nationwide rebellion and its international context, particularly the intensifying Cold War and heavy U.S. involvement in it under President Reagan. By the war's end in 1992, more than 75,000 were dead and 350,000 wounded--in a country the size of Massachusetts. Although outnumbered and outfinanced, the rebels fought the Salvadoran Army to a draw and brought enough bargaining power to the negotiating table to achieve some of their key objectives, including democratic reforms and an overhaul of the security forces."--Publisher.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xlvi, 229 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780292793071
0292793073