History UsefulNotes / ElSalvador

!!Some examples of El Salvador appearing or being mentioned are:

One curious (so to speak) detail about El Salvador is that it’s the only country in the region without an African population. This is because it has no coast on the Atlantic and the fact that a dictator in the 1930s issued race laws prohibiting the entry of Africans, Gypsies, Arabs, Asians and others to the country. This has led to the country being overwhelmedly Mestizo (people of both European and native American descent) with a notable white and Palestinian population.

El Salvador is known for trying too hard to industrialize and modernize after the peace accords ended the civil war with their government even adopting the U.S Dollar as their main currentcy, but they are always being outpaced by Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama in foreign investment and tourism (mostly due to political corruption and gridlock and gang-related crime). Their rapid industralization and modernization left the poorest neighbourhoods and rural towns in a state of disrepair that is still present to this day.

The considerable number of Salvadorans that fled to the United States during the civil war has made El Salvador politically, culturally and economically depedent on the United States due to family remittances, exports and imports, leading to the two major political parties; the right-wing A.R.E.N.A, and the left-wing F.M.L.N, being generally pro-United States, no matter the current administration. Also, they were one of the few countries that recognized UsefulNotes/{{Taiwan}} rather than the [[UsefulNotes/{{China}} Popular Republic of China]] until Salvadoran president; Salvador Sanchez Ceren (F.M.L.N), out-of-the-blue announced that they would cut ties with UsefulNotes/{{Taiwan}} [[note]]The Taiwanese government claims that they cutted ties with El Salvador after the F.M.L.N government wanted the Taiwanese government to heavily invest in Puerto La Union, a coastal port built in the Salvadoran part of the Gulf of Fonseca (a gulf shared with Honduras and Nicaragua), a port that many analysts considers to be a waste of infrastructure and money[[/note]] in favor of UsefulNotes/{{China}} in August 2018.

In 1969, as a result of the political tensions originated by the United Fruit Company’s administration of the zone and Salvadorans being brutally persecuted in Honduras, El Salvador went to war with Honduras in UsefulNotes/TheFootballWar, proving that UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball is indeed a SeriousBusiness (in any case, the football issue was just the trigger, the resentment had been piling up since way before that). The military victory was to El Salvador, who almost reached Tegucigalpa (Hondura's capital), but it was Honduras who won politically, by annexing the disputed land. The bad management of the war from the government’s part, coupled with all the problems in the country and the lack of support to the expatriates from Honduras led in 1980 to a civil war that only ended in 1992, but the turmoil still lingers today (to the point it is considered [[WretchedHive the murder capital]]), so it was not very recommended to visit the country, though in the recent years, it has become more modernized and safer in the middle-class neighborhoods and shopping centers.

The considerable number of Salvadorans that fled to the United States during the civil war has made El Salvador politically, culturally and economically depedent on the United States due to family remittances, exports and imports, leading to the two major political parties; the right-wing A.R.E.N.A, and the left-wing F.M.L.N, being generally pro-United States, no matter the current administration. Also, they were one of the few countries that recognized UsefulNotes/{{Taiwan}} rather than the [[UsefulNotes/{{China}} Popular Republic of China]] until Salvadoran president, Salvador Sanchez Ceren (F.M.L.N), out-of-the-blue announced that they would cut ties with UsefulNotes/{{Taiwan}} (Taiwan's government claims that they cutted ties just before El Salvador did, out of anger, as El Salvador was one of Taiwan most outspoken supporters during A.R.E.N.A's four presidential terms) in favor of UsefulNotes/{{China}} in August 2018.

One curious (so to speak) detail about El Salvador is that it’s the only country in the region without an African population. This is because it has no coast on the Atlantic and the fact that a dictator in the 1930s issued race laws prohibiting the entry of Africans, Gypsies, Arabs, Asians and others to the country.

El Salvador is known for trying too hard to industrialize and modernize after the peace accords ended the civil war with their government even adopting the U.S Dollar as their main currentcy, but they are always being outpaced by Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama in foreign investment and tourism (mostly due to high levels of political corruption and gang-related crime). Their rapid industralization and modernization left the poorest neighbourhoods and rural towns in a state of disrepair that is still present to this day.

The considerable number of Salvadorans that fled to the United States during the civil war has made El Salvador polically, culturally and economically depedent on the United States due to family remittances, exports and imports, leading to the two major political parties; the right-wing A.R.E.N.A, and the left-wing F.M.L.N, being generally pro-United States, no matter the current administration. Also, they were one of the few countries that recognized UsefulNotes/{{Taiwan}} rather than the [[UsefulNotes/{{China}} Popular Republic of China]] until Salvadoran president, Salvador Sanchez Ceren (F.M.L.N), out-of-the-blue announced that they would cut ties with Taiwan (Taiwan's government claims that they cutted ties just before El Salvador did, out of anger) in favor of China in August 2018.

The considerable number of Salvadorans that fled to the United States during the civil war has made El Salvador polically, culturally and economically depedent on the United States due to family remittances, exports and imports, leading to the two major political parties; the right-wing A.R.E.N.A, and the left-wing F.M.L.N, being generally pro-United States, no matter the current administration. Also, they were one of the few countries that recognized UsefulNotes/{{Taiwan}} rather than the [[UsefulNotes/China Popular Republic of China]] until Salvadoran president, Salvador Sanchez Ceren, out-of-the-blue announced that they would cut ties with Taiwan (Taiwan's government claims that they cutted ties just before El Salvador did) in favor of China in August 2018.

In 1969, as a result of the political tensions originated by the United Fruit Company’s administration of the zone, El Salvador went to war with Honduras in UsefulNotes/TheFootballWar, proving that UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball is indeed a SeriousBusiness (in any case, the football issue was just the trigger, the resentment had been piling up since way before that). The military victory was to El Salvador, who almost reached Tegucigalpa (Hondura's capital), but it was Honduras who won politically, by annexing the disputed land. The bad management of the war from the government’s part, coupled with all the problems in the country and the lack of support to the expatriates from Honduras led in 1980 to a civil war that only ended in 1992, but the turmoil still lingers today (to the point it is considered [[WretchedHive the murder capital]]), so it was not very recommended to visit the country, though in the recent years, it has become more modernized and safer in the middle-class neighborhoods and shopping centers.

El Salvador is also known for sending troops to ''UsefulNotes/{{Iraq}}'' during the ''WarOnTerror'' from 2004 to 2008, being the only Central American country to do so and one of the last forces to leave Iraq after the occupation ended.

El Salvador is known for trying too hard to industrialize and modernize after the peace accords ended the civil war with their government even adopting the U.S Dollar as their main currentcy, but they are always being outpaced by Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama in foreign investment and tourism. Their rapid industralization and modernization left the poorest neighbourhoods and rural towns in a state of disrepair that is still present to this day.

* A BananaRepublic version of El Salvador is the setting of a eighties' ''Franchise/TeenTitans'' story.

* The movie ''Film/{{Salvador}}'' is about a jornalist played by Creator/JamesWoods traveling to El Salvador just before the start of the Civil War.

In American Media, El Salvador is almost non-existent (have you seen any tropes about its people or culture?) due to many factors not limited to its small size and history of just being another UsefulNotes/BananaRepublic of the region until its eleven-year long civil war (1980 - 1991) led to hundreds of thousands refugees to leave for the United States. Even today, El Salvador is only used to talk about gangs, gang culture and illegal immigration in TV shows and movies with its government being blamed for "allowing" the creation of the ''[=MS13=]'' and ''18th Street Gangs'' (In reality those gangs were formed in California but many of their members were deported back by the thousands to a war-torn El Salvador during TheNineties and made it their ''de facto'' headquarters by the late-2000s).

In American Media, El Salvador is almost non-existent (have you seen any tropes about its people or culture?) due to many factors not limited to its small size and history of just being another UsefulNotes/BananaRepublic of the region until its eleven-year long civil war (1980 - 1991) led to hundreds of thousands refugees to leave for the United States. Even today, El Salvador is only used to talk about gangs, gang culture and illegal immigration in TV shows and movies with its government being blamed for "allowing" the creation of the ''[=MS13=]'' and ''18th Street Gangs'' (In reality those gangs were formed in California but many of their members were deported back by the thousands to a wartorn El Salvador during the nineties and made it their ''de facto'' headquarters by the late-2000s).

In 1969, as a result of the political tensions originated by the United Fruit Company’s administration of the zone, El Salvador went to war with Honduras in UsefulNotes/TheFootballWar, proving that UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball is indeed a SeriousBusiness (in any case, the football issue was just the trigger, the resentment had been piling up since way before that). The military victory was to El Salvador, who almost reached Tegucigalpa (Hondura's capital), but it was Honduras who won politically annexing the disputed land. The bad management of the war from the government’s part, coupled with all the problems in the country and the lack of support to the expatriates from Honduras led in 1980 to a civil war that only ended in 1992, but the turmoil still lingers today (to the point it’s considered [[WretchedHive the murder capital]]), so it was not very recommended to visit the country, though in the recent years, it has become more modernized and safer in the middle-class neighborhoods and shopping centers.

Once upon a time, the land was inhabited by Mayas and other Mesoamerican cultures you don’t hear too much about (like the Pipil and Lenca civilizations). When the Spanish came along, the tribes resisted the conquest a long time, but were eventually dominated by the 1530s.

El Salvador, which is Spanish for [[MessianicArchetype The Savior]], is a little country squeezed right between Honduras, Guatemala and the Pacific Ocean.

El Salvador is also known for sending troops to Iraq during the ''WarOnTerror'' from 2004 to 2008, being the only Central American country to do so and one of the last forces to leave Iraq after the occupation ended.

In American Media, El Salvador is almost non-existent due to many factors not limited to its small size and history of just being another UsefulNotes/BananaRepublic of the region until its eleven-year long civil war (1980 - 1991) led to hundreds of thousand refugees to leave for the United States. Even today, El Salvador is only used to talk about gangs, gang culture and illegal immigration in TV shows and movies with its government being blamed for the creation of the ''MS13'' and ''18th Street Gangs'' (In reality those gangs were formed on California but many of their members were deported back by the thousands to a wartorn El Salvador during the nineties and made it their ''de facto'' headquarters by the late-2000s).

In 1969, as a result of the political tensions originated by the United Fruit Company’s administration of the zone, El Salvador went to war with Honduras in TheFootballWar, proving that UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball is indeed a SeriousBusiness (in any case, the football issue was just the trigger, the resentment had been piling up since way before that). The military victory was to El Salvador, who almost reached Tegucigalpa (Hondura's capital), but it was Honduras who won politically annexing the disputed land. The bad management of the war from the government’s part, coupled with all the problems in the country and the lack of support to the expatriates from Honduras led in 1980 to a civil war that only ended in 1992, but the turmoil still lingers today (to the point it’s considered [[WretchedHive the murder capital]]), so it was not very recommended to visit the country, though in the recent years, it has become more modernized and safer in the middle-class neighborhoods and shopping centers.

Since then, El Salvador has been a struggling country plagued with economical problems and military coups; their lands were fertile enough to attract the attention of the United Fruit Company (you know, the one who instigated most of the {{Banana Republic}}s of the region.

In 1969, as a result of the political tensions originated by the United Fruit Company’s administration of the zone, El Salvador went to war with Honduras in TheFootballWar, proving that UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball is indeed a SeriousBusiness (in any case, the football issue was just the trigger, the resentment had been piling up since way before that). The military victory was to El Salvador, who almost reached Tegucigalpa (Hondura's capital), but it was Honduras who won politically annexing the disputed land. The bad management of the war from the government’s part, coupled with all the problems in the country and the lack of support to the expatriates from Honduras led in 1980 to a civil war that only ended in 1992, but the turmoil still lingers today (to the point it’s considered [[WretchedHive the murder capital]]), so it was not very recommended to visit the country,though in the recent years, it has become more modernized and safer.

El Salvador is also known for sending troops to Iraq during the ''WarOnTerror'' from 2004 to 2008, being one of the last forces to leave Iraq after the occupation ended.

In 1969, as a result of the political tensions originated by the United Fruit Company’s administration of the zone, El Salvador went to war with Honduras in TheFootballWar, proving that TheBeautifulGame is indeed a SeriousBusiness (in any case, the football issue was just the trigger, the resentment had been piling up since way before that). The military victory was to El Salvador, who almost reached Tegucigalpa (Hondura's capital), but it was Honduras who won politically annexing the disputed land. The bad management of the war from the government’s part, coupled with all the problems in the country and the lack of support to the expatriates from Honduras led in 1980 to a civil war that only ended in 1992, but the turmoil still lingers today (to the point it’s considered [[WretchedHive the murder capital]]), so it was not very recommended to visit the country,though in the recent years, it has become more modernized and safer.

In 1969, as a result of the political tensions originated by the United Fruit Company’s administration of the zone, El Salvador went to war with Honduras in TheFootballWar, proving that TheBeautifulGame is indeed a SeriousBusiness (in any case, the football issue was just the trigger, the resentment had been piling up since way before that). The victory was to Honduras, who annexed the disputed land. The bad management of the war from the government’s part, coupled with all the problems in the country and the lack of support to the expatriates from Honduras led in 1980 to a civil war that only ended in 1992, but the turmoil still lingers today (to the point it’s considered [[WretchedHive the murder capital]]), so it was not very recommended to visit the country,though in the recent years, it has become more modernized and safer.

->The flag's blue and white stripes allude to its past affiliation with the Federal Republic of Central America. At the center is the coat-of-arms, which also recalls the Federal Republic's triangular seal containing five mountains on a sea (symbolizing its five member states), above which is the Phrygian cap of liberty and the rainbow of peace. Behind the seal are five flags (also recalling the Federal Republic), and is surrounded by a garland of fourteen laurel branches, representing the country's Departments.

->The flag's blue and white stripes allude to its past affiliation with the Federal Republic of Central America. At the center is the coat-of-arms, which also recalls the Federal Republic's triangular seal containing five mountains on a sea (symbolizing its five member states), above which is the Phrygian cap of liberty and the rainbow of peace. Behind the seal are five flag (also recalling the Federal Republic), and is surrounded by a garland of fourteen laurel branches, representing the country's Departments.

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Once upon a time, the land was inhabited by Mayas and other Mesoamerican cultures you don’t hear too much like the Pipil and Lenca civilizations. When the Spanish came along, the tribes resisted the conquest a long time, but were eventually dominated by the 1530s.

In 1969, as a result of the political tensions originated by the United Fruit Company’s administration of the zone, El Salvador went to war with Honduras in TheFootballWar, proving that TheBeautifulGame is indeed a SeriousBusiness (in any case, the football issue was just the trigger, the resentment had been piling up since way before that). The victory was to Honduras, who annexed the disputed land. The bad management of the war from the government’s part, coupled with all the problems in the country and the lack of support to the expatriates from Honduras led in 1980 to a civil war that only ended in 1992, but the turmoil still lingers today (to the point it’s considered [[WretchedHive the murder capital]]), so it is not very recommended to visit the country.