More on El Salvador

Salvador
A journalist, down on his luck in the US, drives to El Salvador to chronicle the events of the 1980 military dictatorship, including the assasination of Archbishop Oscar Romero. Based on a true story. Directed by Oliver Stone.

I Was Never Alone: A Prison Diary From El Salvador by Nidia Diaz

Massacre at El Mozote: A Parable of the Cold War by Mark Danner
In December 1981 soldiers of the Salvadoran Army's select, American-trained Atlacatl Battalion entered the village of El Mozote, where they murdered hundreds of men, women, and children, often by decapitation.

El Salvador: The Face of Revolution by Robert Armstrong
This book offers an intimate portrait of a gathering revolution, cataloguing the injustices and casual brutalites in a frightening indictment.

Cry of the People: The Struggle for Human Rights in Latin America: The Catholic Church in Conflict with U.S. Policy by Penny Lernoux

Voice of the Voiceless: The Four Pastoral Letters and Other Statements by Oscar Romero