ELSALVADOR POLITICAL SITUATION UNIT 3 AOS 3 Flashcards
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Q
Issues in El Salvador in the 1970s
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- overpopulation
- economic problems
- inequitable social system
- social and political unrest
- terrorism by leftist guerrillas and right wing ‘death squads’
- 1979; unrest erupted into a full scale civil war between the government and the guerrillas of the leading opposition group
2
Q
Social make up of El Salvador
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Ethnicity:
- Mestizo (mixed Spanish and Amerindian descent) = 94%
- Indian = 5%
- White = 1%
Official language:
- Spanish
