Fermán Cienfuegos
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Ferman Cienfuegos was the leader of the Salvadoran
organization Fuerzas Armadas de la Resistencia Nacional
(National Resistance Armed Forces in English, part of Resistencia Nacional or RN). His real name is Eduardo Sancho.
The RN was founded in 1975 as a split from the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (ERP - People's Revolutionary Army) after an internal struggle within the ERP resulted in the assassination of a group of ERP leaders including famed Salvadoran poet Roque Dalton
who advocated that the ERP should not have such a largely militarist focus and should do more organizing among the masses.
In 1980, the RN was one of the five revolutionary Marxist organizations that formed the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
that fought an armed struggle against the Salvadoran government. As the leader of the RN, Cienfuegos was one of the signatories of the 1992 Salvadoran peace accords.
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
organization Fuerzas Armadas de la Resistencia Nacional
Fuerzas Armadas de la Resistencia Nacional
Las Fuerzas Armadas de la Resistencia Nacional was the military arm of National Resistance, a Salvadoran communist organization that was founded on May 10, 1975 when ideological differences within the ERP and the assassinations of Roque Dalton and Armando Arteaga made some members break away from...
(National Resistance Armed Forces in English, part of Resistencia Nacional or RN). His real name is Eduardo Sancho.
The RN was founded in 1975 as a split from the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (ERP - People's Revolutionary Army) after an internal struggle within the ERP resulted in the assassination of a group of ERP leaders including famed Salvadoran poet Roque Dalton
Roque Dalton
Roque Dalton García was a Salvadoran poet and journalist. He is considered one of Latin America's most compelling poets...
who advocated that the ERP should not have such a largely militarist focus and should do more organizing among the masses.
In 1980, the RN was one of the five revolutionary Marxist organizations that formed the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is, since 1992, a left-wing political party in El Salvador and formerly a coalition of five revolutionary guerrilla organizations...
that fought an armed struggle against the Salvadoran government. As the leader of the RN, Cienfuegos was one of the signatories of the 1992 Salvadoran peace accords.