General Carlos Humberto Romero was the President of El Salvador from 1977 until 1979, when he was overthrown in a reformist coup d'état by dissident military officers and civilians. His rule was essentially a de factomilitary dictatorship in the style of his predecessors. Political unrest increased during the late '70s due to the country's severe socioeconomic inequalities that had gone unaddressed by the government; leftist guerrillas began to attack military targets, and other opponents of the regime called for reform. In response, death squads assassinated or tortured those fingered as "subversives," generally operating under impunity from the military. This page contains a list of presidents of El Salvador. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... A coup détat (pronounced kū dā ta), or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ... Augusto Pinochet (sitting) was an army general who led a military coup in Chile in 1973. ... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms that refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially but not exclusively in the American sense of the word... A death squad is an extra-judicial group whose members execute or assassinate persons they believe to be politically unreliable or undesirable. ...
The coup that toppled Humberto Romero marked the beginnings of the country's chaotic 12-year civil war.
Colonel Arturo Armando Molina was President of El Salvador between July 1, 1972 and July 1, 1977. ... This page contains a list of presidents of El Salvador. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... The Revolutionary Government Junta (Spanish: Junta de Gobierno Revolucionario, JRG) ruled El Salvador between October 15, 1979 and May 2, 1982. ...
Romero’s brief reign as archbishop and his transformation from a mild-mannered theologian into a hero of the struggle for "human rights" is chronicled, in a way, in a low-budget film, Romero.
Romero’s speeches indicate that he believed that the violence began with the inequality of wealth and the exploitation of peasants and workers.
Romero is seen in the film as dealing with just one political figure, the "president-elect." But General CarlosHumbertoRomero (no relation) voided the election described in the film and made himself president.
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