Reddit reviews Por los caminos de Chalatenango: Con la salud en la mochila (Colección Testigos de la historia) (Spanish Edition)

This is one of the reasons of why I dislike (note I haven't said hate) the US overall. I live in El Salvador (Central America) and still remember a lot of shit seen during the Civil War.

There were 2 sides and a lot of people say different things based on where they lived and the people they encountered. On my side the guerilla, the "bad guys" helped us evacuate because near our neighborhood they had intel that there were going to be bombing runs, I was 7 back then, I didn't understand the whole thing back then and for some reason wasn't that scared on several things I saw (I was too young to fully understand the danger that was around), all the ones we found, were helful, kind and took care of us, the goverment was providing too many benefits to the upper classes while the population were living with substandard salaries and shitty conditions, there are too many things involved but I don't want to end up writing a essay on this.

I remember that in front of my house they had beheaded someone and hung his head from a tree as a warning for all the ones that would trespass that area, and the goverment established a curfew, if you got caught after it, you'd get shot on sight.

A LOT of people were massacrated and a lot of the weapons and training that the goverment received was sponsored by the US. There is a book that was written by someone from the red cross I think read it quite a while ago, the name is "Por los caminos de Chalatenango: con la salud en la mochila"

http://www.amazon.com/Por-los-caminos-Chalatenango-Coleccion/dp/8484051196

Is a good read if you understand spanish and puts everything from the eyes of someone that was external to the entire conflict.

TLDR: US Intervention is global, they have done unspeakable things in other countries.