reysalvador

I sympathized with some of the ideas that the leftist group (guerillas) had but I thought they were going about it the wrong way. I always thought violence just creates more violence.

Probably going to the beach and eating pupusas. Pupusas is typical food from El Salvador. The name of the beach was El Tamarindo about an hour and half from the capital.

I don't know if this is the right answer. But in the case of any conflict like this, there will always be contradicting reports from one side or the other about things that took place. It's just a matter of being, uhhh, not being careful really but like vigilant. Really being attentive to the sources from which you get information from.

At the beginning of the war, before the full blown war there were a lot of protests in San Salvador and the government would ALWAYS underreport the people who were shot to death or wounded by government forces. During the war the leftists would often exaggerate the number of soldiers killed in a battle to ramp up support for their cause. To give the impression that they were always the winners.

Reporting from the government or guerillas was not the most reliable information to go on.

Most certainly! It was the cause of most suffering and murder I would say. I myself as a child saw dead bodies in the streets. I had friends who were killed either by mistake or by the general state of war. Foreign involvement exacerbated the problem.

It was VERY difficult, not withstanding the violence. It was not easy getting getting a visa here, at least legally. We were lucky because at least my mother had been in the states since the 70's. Even though my parents were divorced they were able to mutually decide that it was time for me to come to the United States. For us, compared to other families it much easier, which we are thankful for.