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“Postwar El Salvador, which another Salvadoran has described as a “casi nación” (an almost nation) sometimes seems like a small geographic space at the mercy of international forces that serves as a transit point for foreign-made goods, some licit others illicit.”
― Stories of Civil War in El Salvador: A Battle over Memory
― Stories of Civil War in El Salvador: A Battle over Memory
“It is not uncommon for people in poor urban neighborhoods and in rural communities to say that when boys become teenagers they face two options, migrate to the United States or join a gang.”
― Stories of Civil War in El Salvador: A Battle over Memory
― Stories of Civil War in El Salvador: A Battle over Memory
“The rank and file members of the guerrillas and their civilian sympathizers paid some of the heaviest prices during the war and a recurrent theme running through their testimonials is an uncertainty about whether the costs were worth the rewards. 41 They certainly celebrate their role in democratizing El Salvador, but they wonder what good is democracy in the midst of ongoing economic hardship and inequality.”
― Stories of Civil War in El Salvador: A Battle over Memory
― Stories of Civil War in El Salvador: A Battle over Memory
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