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El Salvador, a small and
courageous country, which the
Chilean Poetess Gabriela
Mistral called "THE TOM
THUMB OF AMERICA", is
located in the heart of Central
America.
The history of El Salvador is
very singular. Long before the
arrival of the Spanish
Conquerors in America,
El Salvador was a land rich in
cultural legacies. It was also
called "CUSCATLAN", "land
of riches" or "place with many
riches". El Salvador was, and
still is, a noble country.
This land of proud indigenous
lineage, is deeply linked to
roots in the history and destiny
Subsequent to the Spanish over-population constitutes, in
colonization, oD'y a century ago, some respects, its greater
El Salvador was an exporter of riches.
Balsam and indigo, a blue dye Unfortunately, past limitations
which benefitted industrialized in social development resulted
countries with the Salvadoran in a great lart of this popula-
-product. tion living in levels of extreme
During this bentury, the poverty, which contributed to
exportation of coffee, which is accelerate the current
the mainstay of the Salvadoran crisis...During this period, antieconomy,
reached very high democratic forces have tried,
levels in word markets. without success, to conquer the
Nonetheless, over the last will of the Salvadoran
decades, El Salvador has people...repeatedly expressing,
become the most populous however, that their only
country in Latin America. aspiration is to live in complete
However, being the courageous freedom, peace, progress and
and hard-working country, such justice, but above all, in
democracy.
of the "Nahuas" people, that at o
the beginning of the Christian
Era, inhabitated the
Mesoamerican land of
abundance, building one of the
richest cultures known to man.
Its artistic, religious and
cientific discoveries still amaze
the students of this culture
because of its high spiritual
values and wide development.
People of strong crossbreeding,
the Salvadorans have been wise
to combine and synthesize over
the generations, the magic
indigenous imagination with
the method and tenacity of
modern peoples. In this ;ay,
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people from all over the world
have brought to this country
A
(El Salvador), rich cargoes
ofefforts and eagerness to E.S.L ,
reinforce the progress ofthis land. . :-,
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