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- El Salvador Chronology
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- El Salvador was Spanish until 1821. Part of the United Provinces of Central America from 1823-1839, it became independent in 1856.
- * 1932 Army crushes popular insurrection led by Farabundo Martφ.
- * 1944û1979 Army effectively rules through PCN.
- * 1979 Reformist officers overthrow PCN government. Fail to curb rising army-backed political violence.
- * 1981 Left-wing Farabundo Martφ National Liberation Movement (FMLN) launches civil war.
- * 1991 UN-brokered peace. FMLN recognized as a political party.
- * 1992 Peace achieved.