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Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
: Frente de Acción Popular Unificada) was a revolutionary mass front in El Salvador
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...
, linked to the 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...
. FAPU was formed in 1974. It consisted of trade union
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
, student, peasants and teachers organizations.
In 1980 FAPU was one of the founding organizations of Coordinadora Revolucionaria de Masas
Coordinadora Revolucionaria de Masas
Coordinadora Revolucionaria de Masas , a coordination of revolutionary mass organizations in El Salvador formed on January 11, 1980....
.