The Communist Party of El Salvador (in Spanish: Partido Comunista de El Salvador) was the official Communist political party in El Salvador. In 1979, it merged with several other leftist parties in the country to form the revolutionary FMLN guerrilla organization (now the country's most prominent opposition party.) Communism is a term that can refer to one of several things: a social and economic system, an ideology which supports that system, or a political movement that wishes to implement that system. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 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... Shafik Handal Revolution or Death, We will win! El Salvador in struggle. ...
The CommunistParty of ElSalvador (in Spanish: Partido Comunista de ElSalvador) was the official Communist political party in ElSalvador.
The CommunistParty of ElSalvador and the four other parties continued to exist as separate organizations under the umbrella of the FMLN throughout ElSalvador's civil war from 1980 to 1992.
During the Salvadoran civil war from 1980 to 1992, Schafik Hándal was the leader of the CommunistParty.
ElSalvador is the smallest Latin American republic and the most densely populated; overpopulation is a critical problem.
ElSalvadors economy is primarily agricultural, with farming employing about 40% of the workforce and accounting for a quarter of the gross national product.
ElSalvador protested the dominance of Guatemala and under Francisco Morazán succeeded in having the federal capital transferred (1831) to San Salvador.