“The
people were the water, and the guerillas were the fish. So the government
said in order to kill the fish, we need to take all the water away so
the fish will die.”
Jose
Artiga—Director, SHARE
Foundation
| Between
1980 and 1992, The United States pumped an average of $1million a
day into the war in El Salvador, supporting the El Salvadoran military.
That military regime was fighting a group of guerillas that is generally considered to have represented the interests of most of the people of El Salvador. About 75,000 people died in the war in El Salvador. Was it worth the price? |
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