La Unin Department - Municipalities of the La Unin Department, People from La Unin Department, Adolfo Arnaldo Majano Ramos, Nueva Esparta (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Municipalities of the La Unin Department, People From La Unin Department, Adolfo Arnaldo Majano Ramos, Nueva Esparta, El Salvador, Yucuaiqun, La Unin, El Salvador, Meanguera Del Golfo, Concepcin de Oriente, Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unin, Anamors, Conchagua, El Sauce, Lislique, Pasaquina, San Jos, La Unin, San Alejo, Yayantique, Bolvar, La Unin, Intipuc, El Carmen, La Unin, Polors, Rafael Zaldvar. Excerpt: Adolfo Arnoldo Majano Ramos (born April 21 1938) was head of the first Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador from 1979-1980. He was born in La Union, El Salvador. In a climate of extreme violence, sharp political polarization, and potential revolution, yet another generation of young officers staged a coup in an effort to restore order and address popular frustrations. This new Military Youth deposed President Carlos Humberto Romero on October 15, 1979, issuing a proclamation decrying the violent, corrupt, and exclusionary nature of the regime. Beyond their concern with preventing "another Nicaragua," the young officers also were motivated by a desire to address the country's critical economic situation. Their vague aspirations in this regard apparently revolved around the achievement of an acceptable level of political stability that would staunch the flight of capital out of the country and restore to some degree the smooth functioning of the economy. In this regard, the 1979 coup resembled those of 1948 and 1960. Where it differed, however, was in the realization that effective and radical (by Salvadoran standards) reforms would have to be included in their program even at the risk of alienating the economic elite. Colonel Ramos was an officer who headed the reformist faction within the officer corps of the first j... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22905139