LEGACY OF LIES: EL SALVADOR 1981-1984
AFGHANISTAN: A DISTANT WAR
AFGHANISTAN: RESTORING SPIRIT & STONE
UNITED STATES: GREENPOINT
UNITED STATES: SEX TRAFFICKING
- Vice in Los Angeles
- Survivors of Human Trafficking
VIETNAM: AFTER THE WAR
BRAZIL: GOLD RUSH
EL SALVADOR: STATE OF EXEMPTION
GUATEMALA: SCORCHED EARTH

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LEGACY OF LIES: EL SALVADOR 1981-1984
AFGHANISTAN: A DISTANT WAR
AFGHANISTAN: RESTORING SPIRIT & STONE
UNITED STATES: GREENPOINT
UNITED STATES: SEX TRAFFICKING
- Vice in Los Angeles
- Survivors of Human Trafficking
VIETNAM: AFTER THE WAR
BRAZIL: GOLD RUSH
EL SALVADOR: STATE OF EXEMPTION
GUATEMALA: SCORCHED EARTH

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El Salvador in Color

Two members of the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, pose for a picture near Santa Anita, Chalatenango department, El Salvador, February 23, 1981. Salvadoran women were present in all levels of leadership in guerrilla organizations, constituting

Salvadoran army soldiers from the Atlacatl Battalion cross a river during a military operation in pursuit of guerrillas from the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo, ERP, in San Miguel department, El Salvador, August 23, 1983. Rapid reaction battalio

United States Secretary of State George Shultz makes a statement to the media upon arrival at the military airport in Ilopango, El Salvador, January 31, 1984. Shultz was met by Salvadoran Foreign Minister Fidel Chavez Mena, center right. Considered

Laborers repair a road for a work-for-pay-and-food construction program sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, in San Vicente, El Salvador, April 1, 1983. USAID efforts in El Salvador were dramatically shaped by

Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa, right, speaks with one of his junior officers, left, as soldiers from the Atlacatl Battalion pursue guerrillas from the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo, ERP, in San Miguel department, El Salvador, August 23,

Two armed guerrillas from the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo, ERP, watch for oncoming traffic as vehicles burn in the background during a transportation strike along the Pan American Highway in the eastern department of Usulután, El Salvador on

Residents look at the body of an executed man left in a neighborhood on the outskirts of the capital, San Salvador, El Salvador, May 1, 1983. The twelve-year armed conflict would claim over 75,000 lives before peace negotiations concluded in 1992.

Salvadoran Minister of Defense General Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, left, toasts U.S. Army Colonel John D. Waghelstein, right, as deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador Kenneth W. Bleakley, center, oversees a ceremony honoring

View of weapons, explosives, medical supplies and pieces of guerrilla propaganda found by government security forces in a Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, safe house in San Salvador, El Salvador, September 1, 1983. FPL, as a member of the coali

Salvadoran soldiers from the Atlacatl Battalion wake in the early morning in fog-enveloped hills before moving into position against armed guerrillas from the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo, ERP, in San Miguel department, El Salvador, August 23

Journalists interview local residents as they move their belongings before an assault by the Atlacatl Battalion in pursuit of guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, FMLN, in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 198

A guerrilla from the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo, ERP, stands on the street as black smoke rises during combat with government security forces in San Miguel, El Salvador, September 1, 1983.

A member of the guerrilla organization Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, speaks to the media after he was captured by Salvadoran security forces near a FPL safe house containing weapons, explosives, medical supplies and pieces of guerrilla propa

United States Navy Lieutenant Commander Albert Schaufelberger, 34 years, speaks to the media while visiting the Salvadoran naval base in La Unión, El Salvador, May 18, 1983. Schaufelberger was assassinated days later near the Central American Univer

Father Renato Pellachin, an Italian Franciscan priest, left, speaks with leftist guerrilla officials from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, center and right, in La Reina, El Salvador, February 4, 1983. During the twelve-year civil war, the C

United Nations Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926-2006) arrives in El Salvador during a ten-day tour of Central America and is escorted by U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Deane Hinton, right, for a series of meetings in San Salvador, El Salvador, Feb

Family members follow a hearse carrying the body of a civilian found murdered on the side of a road on the outskirts of San Salvador, El Salvador, June 1, 1983.

Three armed guerrillas from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, stand beside the body of a dead army soldier along a highway near Suchitoto, Cuscatlán department, El Salvador, February 12, 1983.

Guerrillas from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, address a crowd in front of a political banner for the coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, FMLN, during a rally in La Palma, El Salvador, February 6, 1983. The group

International media crowd United States Ambassador at Large to Central America Richard Stone as he prepares to depart at Ilopango Airport, San Salvador, El Salvador, August 1, 1983. Stone was facilitating preliminary peace talks between the leftist

Leaders from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, address guerrilla members and the public during a rally in La Palma, El Salvador, February 6, 1983. The FPL formed in April 1970 and was one of the most active guerrilla forces both before and d

Guerrillas from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, address a crowd in front of a political banner for the coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, FMLN, during a rally in La Palma, El Salvador, February 6, 1983. The FPL j

An armed guerrilla from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, stops for a picture before moving to his base below the Guazapa volcano near Suchitoto, El Salvador, June 1, 1983.

An armed guerrilla from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, stops for a picture before moving to his base below the Guazapa volcano near Suchitoto, El Salvador, June 1, 1983.

One of 55 United States Army trainers, attached to the U.S. Military Group in El Salvador, right, conducts target practice training to his Salvadoran charges in San Miguel department, El Salvador, August 1, 1984. With the escalation of U.S. military

United States Staff Sergeant Clark Hjelseth, attached to the U.S. Military Group in El Salvador, right, shows a Salvadoran soldier a grouping of bullets during target practice training with Salvadoran army soldiers in San Miguel department, El Salva

Salvadoran soldiers with the Guardia Nacional and Policía Nacional take cover during an attack by guerrillas from the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo, ERP, in San Miguel, El Salvador, September 1, 1983. Both the Guardia Nacional and the Policía N

Salvadoran guerrillas from the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo, ERP, fire at government security forces during a street battle in Santa Rosa de Lima, eastern El Salvador, May 1, 1983. The ERP were considered the most militarily powerful of the gu

A captured member, second right, of the paramilitary militia Organización Democrática Nacionalista, ORDEN, stands with his family behind a table of weapons following the takeover of their village by leftist guerrillas from the Fuerzas Populares de L

A Salvadoran soldier, left, and a member of a local civil defense militia, right, take cover in a neighborhood cemetery during a battle with guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, FMLN, in San Salvador, El Salvador,

Unidentified men look at one of two corpses in the city morgue, La Libertad, El Salvador, August 10, 1984. Both victims were shot in the face and showed additional signs of bruising. The twelve-year armed conflict would claim over 75,000 lives befor

A Salvadoran army door gunner watches the terrain below while flying in a United States-made Bell UH-1 helicopter gunship over the Rio Lempa region in northern El Salvador, January 1, 1983. As early as 1950, the United States provided extensive supp