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El Salvador war rages with no end in sight
A long running conflict between leftist guerrillas and the civilian military junta in El Salvador has killed about 32,000 of 4.8 million people over more than two years. United States backing and regional players frame the struggle as a Cold War proxy, with Duarte leading a junta and Farabundo Marti Front directing guerrillas.
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el Salvador
San Salvador
United States
Cuba
Nicaragua
U.S
Thomas O. Enders
Central America
Duarte
Fort Benning
Enders
Panama Canal
Reagan
Alexander M. Haig Jr
U.S. Navy
Gulf of Fonseca
Honduras