Read both the article on the FMLN titled "La Victoria del FMLN en El Salvador" and the biography on Farabundo Marti and post the answers to the following questions on your blog!
ARTICLE
1. Who was Farabundo Marti and what was he fighting for?
2. What other revolutionaries was Marti compared to in this article and why?
3. What three things is the FMLN, the party named for Marti, struggling for?
4. Who fought each other during the "civil war" in El Salvador?
5. Why was the El Salvadorian government so successful in repressing the guerrila fighters?
6. Where did the U.S. train the Salvadorian army?
7. Why do you think the U.S. spent so much time and money supporting the dictator of El Salvador and repressing the guerrilla fighters?
8. Who is the opposing political party to the FMLN? How did this political party stay in power for so long?
9. In this last election, an FMLN candidate finally won the election. Who is the new president of El Salvador?
10. What are some of the things the FMLN will be fighting for now that they are in power? Or what are some of the changes they want to make?
BIOGRAPHY
1. Where was Marti born and where did he attend school?
2. What did Marti major in and why did he drop out of college?
3. Why was Marti arrested?
4. When he returned to El Salvador after being in exile, he helped found the Socorro Rojo International Party. What did this political party stand for?
5. After returning to El Salvador after his second exile, who did Marti organize to start a revolution?
6. What happened at La Matanza (click on the hot link)
7. What happened to Marti in the end?
8. Do you admire Marti? If so, why? What would you do differently or similarly if you were organizing you own political party/revolution?
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