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Informationen zum Autor Carlos Henríquez Consalvi ("Santiago") is founder and director of the Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen in San Salvador, El Salvador.Charles Nagle is a graduate student at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.Bill Prince is Professor of Spanish and Erik Ching is Associate Professor of History at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. Klappentext During the 1980s war in El Salvador, Radio Venceremos was the main news outlet for the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN), the guerrilla organization that challenged the government. The broadcast provided a vital link between combatants in the mountains and the outside world, as well as an alternative to mainstream media reporting. In this first-person account, "Santiago," the legend behind Radio Venceremos, tells the story of the early years of that conflict, a rebellion of poor peasants against the Salvadoran government and its benefactor, the United States.Originally published as La Terquedad del Izote, this memoir also addresses the broader story of a nationwide rebellion and its international context, particularly the intensifying Cold War and heavy U.S. involvement in it under President Reagan. By the war's end in 1992, more than 75,000 were dead and 350,000 wounded-in a country the size of Massachusetts. Although outnumbered and outfinanced, the rebels fought the Salvadoran Army to a draw and brought enough bargaining power to the negotiating table to achieve some of their key objectives, including democratic reforms and an overhaul of the security forces.Broadcasting the Civil War in El Salvador is a riveting account from the rebels' point of view that lends immediacy to the Salvadoran conflict. It should appeal to all who are interested in historic memory and human rights, U.S. policy toward Central America, and the role the media can play in wartime. Zusammenfassung A riveting account of the 1980s civil war in El Salvador from the rebels’ point of view, written by the man who directed the main news outlet for the guerrilla organization that challenged the Salvadoran government. Inhaltsverzeichnis Map 1Map 2PrefaceList of AcronymsIntroduction by Erik Ching1980 Tearing Your Heart OutOff to War with a PriestOn the Way to El EscondidoRafael: Morazán, a Strategic Project1981 January 1January 2LichoThe Sky Is Taken by AssaultThe Resurrection of AltagraciaThe Pain of CalixtroThe Massacre at JunquilloDamn! La Guacamaya Never Gives Up!Monsignor Romero in La GuacamayaJonásCalle Negra, Almost Certain DeathVilla del RosarioEl ZapotalA North American in the WarJuan Ramón, from Bus to HistoryEighty Devils Set LooseThe Torogoces Are BornBenitoAlejandro Peluna’s Flying MuleChiyo and PajarilloLoving Marcela in the Midst of War Is Another WarTanchoPerquín, Road of EmbersThe Fifth FrontVictorino, the Light WithinOperation Hammer and AnvilToni, Montalbo, and JavierMonterrosa Captures Radio VenceremosRadio Venceremos Goes to the SeaReturn to MorazánThe El Mozote Massacre1982 The Cave of PassionsThe Fortress of HappinessHell in Poza HondaThe Battle of El MoscarrónThe Incredible Return of Colonel CastilloAna GuadalupeManlio, Your Guitar’s BeatingThe First Prisoner ExchangeFreedom for PerquínLesbia and the Idols of PensacolaEvery Last One of Us Danced, ColonelRogelio’s Sense of Humor1983 Shutting Down TransportationOswaldo Escobar VeladoEl Quinto Piso de la AlegríaPaty’s MemoriesThe Swearing In of the BRAZThe Defeat of the Belloso BattalionThe Amatillo BridgeLa Antena Is TakenMonterrosa and His War TrophiesAtilio and the Smell of InkDiana the Huntress, an Assassin Sent by the CIAThe Bells Toll for CarlosAttack on the Third BrigadeEl PedreroWe Capture the ButcherEl Cheje, the GodfatherThe Military School in San FernandoGeneral Command in MorazánSesoriMorazán Has a Name: Commander Quincho1984 The Legend of El ChongueThe Colonels’ LogicThe Exchange of Colonel CastilloThe Trickster Is TrickedNolbo vers...
