El Salvador: Background and U.S. Relations
Abstract
Congress has long maintained interest in El Salvador, a small Central American country that has had a large percentage of its population living in the United States since the countrys civil conflict (1980-1992). During the 1980s, the U.S. government spent billions of dollars supporting the Salvadoran governments efforts against an insurgency led by the leftist Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN). Three decades later, the United States is working with the countrys second democratically elected FMLN Administration.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 08, 2017
- Accession Number
- AD1029181
Entities
People
- Clare R. Seelke
Organizations
- Congressional Research Service