''Las Fuerzas Armadas de la Resistencia Nacional'' (National Resistance Armed Forces) was the military arm of
National Resistance, a
Salvadoran
Salvadorans (Spanish: ''Salvadoreños''), also known as Salvadorians (alternate spelling: Salvadoreans), are citizens of El Salvador, a country in Central America. Most Salvadorans live in El Salvador, although there is also a significant Salvad ...
communist
Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...
organization that was founded on May 10, 1975 when ideological differences within the
ERP (Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo) and the assassinations of
Roque Dalton
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and
Armando Arteaga Armando may refer to:
* Armando (given name)
* Armando (artist) (1929–2018), the name used by Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd
* Armando (producer)
Armando Gallop (sometimes written as Armando Gallup) (February 12, 1970 – December 17, ...
made some members break away from the ERP. Ernesto Jovel was its first general secretary. Other founding members of the RN included Eduardo Sancho (aka Fermán Cienfuegos),
Lil Milagro Ramírez
Lil Milagro de la Esperanza Ramírez Huezo Córdoba (San Salvador, April 3, 1946 – Ibid., October 17, 1979) was a Salvadoran poet and revolutionary leader, a founding member of the first guerrilla organizations that would come together in 1980 ...
, Julia Rodríguez and Arsenio.
See also
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History of El Salvador
The history of El Salvador begins with several Mesoamerican nations, especially the Cuzcatlecs, as well as the Lenca and Maya. In the early 16th century, the Spanish Empire conquered the territory, incorporating it into the Viceroyalty of Ne ...
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El Salvador Civil War
The Salvadoran Civil War ( es, guerra civil de El Salvador) was a twelve year period of civil war in El Salvador that was fought between the government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition or ...
References
External links
Website dedicated to the RN
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
Guerrilla movements in Latin America
Salvadoran Civil War
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