The People’s Voice: A Testimony of Human Rights in Santa Marta, El Salvador

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The Salvadoran Civil War saw widespread violations of human rights, and the people of the Community of Santa Marta experienced these first-hand. On March 15th 1981, 7,000 troops entered the community of Santa Marta and massacred all those who they discovered, forcing the survivors into refugee camps in Honduras for seven years. The people of Santa Marta tell their stories of the war and ‘The Great Massacre’ but additionally, ongoing problems such as poverty, a loss of education and job opportunities, gang violence, mass migration to the US, environmental problems, the mining industry and the violation of women’s rights. The People’s Voice shares first-person narratives of the ones in the neighborhood from ex-guerrilla fighters to community leaders to young, teenage mothers to build a picture of the social landscape, human rights and women’s rights within the Community of Santa Marta during the past and present. All proceeds of the book can be donated to Youth Empowerment El Salvador.

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