ANACH Meeting. Comayagua, Honduras. 1978

Richard Oulahan Latin American Labor History Collection

Government Documents

U.S. Department of State Cables

Agrarian Reform Rumors Increase, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: April 6, 1973
Current Status: Declassified

Termination of AIFLD Program, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: June 26, 1973
Current Status: Declassified

AIFLD Demise, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: July 5, 1973
Current Status: Declassified

AIFLD Expulsion, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: July 11, 1973
Current Status: Declassified

AIFLD Proposal for a Central American Labor Research Center, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: May 1, 1974
Current Status: Declassified

Incident Between Security Forces and Campesinos at La Cayetana, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: December 19, 1974
Current Status: Declassified

Mass March by Campesinos to Presidential Palace, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: December 23, 1974
Current Status: Declassified

President Molina Cautions Catholic Church, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: December 24, 1974
Current Status: Delcassified

AIFLD Direct Payments to Salvadoran Organizers, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: March 18, 1975
Current Status: Declassified

UCS Seeks to Exercise Its Political Muscle, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: June 4, 1975
Current Status: Declassified

UCS Seeks $50-100 Million Loan, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: June 4, 1975
Current Status: Declassified

Proposed Visit by AIFLD Executive Director Doherty, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: January 22, 1976
Current Status: Declassified

Bombing of UCS Headquarters, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: February 27, 1976
Current Status: Declassified

UCS Still Seeking Financing, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: April 21, 1976
Current Status: Declassified

Union Comunal Salvadorena Still Seeking Financing, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: April 29, 1976
Current Status: Declassified

President Molina Struggles for Survival as Consequence of Arrest of His Army Chief-of-Staff, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: May 19, 1976
Current Status: Declassified

Agrarian Transformation - The Political Play Intensifies, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: September 14, 1976
Current Status: Declassified

President Defends Agrarian Transformation, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: September 20, 1976
Current Status: Declassified

Some Steam Goes Out of ISTA Crisis, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: October 5, 1976
Current Status: Declassified

GOES Shake-Up Over ISTA, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: October 20, 1976
Current Status: Declassified

The National University of El Salvador: Dialogue Interrupted, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: November 24, 1976
Current Status: Declassified

Shooting Death of Eduardo Orellana on December 5, 1976, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: December 24, 1976
Current Status: Declassified

Another Prominent Businessman Kidnapped, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: January 28, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

Poma Remains Missing Despite Compliance with Kidnappers' Demands, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: February 7, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

AIFLD Proposed Visit to Investigate Alleged Mis-handling, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: March 19, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

AIFLD Visit to Investigate Alleged Mishandling of UCS Funding, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: March 24, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

Foreign Minister Borgonovo Kidnapped, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: April 20, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

Pope's Appeal for Liberation of Formin of El Salvador, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: May 9, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

Assassination of the Foreign Minister [Mauricio Borgonovo], U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: May 11, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

Reactions by Salvadorans to Borgonovo Pohl Assassination, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: May 12, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

Travel of U.S. Citizens to El Salvador, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: May 18, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

GOES Follows Campesino Clues to Squatter Plan Investigators, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: May 20, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

Salvadoran Deputy Criticizes U.S. Role in UCS, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: June 3, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

Jesuits Threatened by Right Wing-Terrorist Group, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: June 29, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

El Salvador: Socio-Economic Profile, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: July 19, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

Rector of University Killed by FPL, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: September 16, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

Events of Septermber 21 in El Salvador Summary: A Series of Four Events or Actions on the Part of Alleged Terrorist Organizations... U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: September 22, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

PARM - Annual Policy and Resource Assessment, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: October 3, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

US Goals and Objecties in El Salvador, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: December 10, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

Allegations of Irregularities in December 18 Elections of Union Comunal Salvadorena (UCS), U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: December 21, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

Union Comunal Salvadorena (UCS): Technical Advisor Response to Allegations Concerning the December 18 Elections, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: December 29, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

Union Comunal Salvadorena (UCS): EMBOFFS Meet with Minister of Labor, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: January 30, 1978
Current Status: Declassified

AIFLD Program Proposals for 1978-1979, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: March 1, 1978
Current Status: Declassified

AIFLD: Hammer Visit to El Salvador, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: March 20, 1978
Current Status: Declassified

AIFLD: Minlabor's Latest Position on Reestablishment of Office, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: April 13, 1978
Current Status: Declassified

Government of El Salvador's Position on Recent Rural Violence and Seizure of Foreign Embassies, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: April 14, 1978
Current Status: Declassified

Telephone Security (AIFLD call to Peace Corps director in El Salvador), U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: July 12, 1978
Current Status: Declassified

Union Comunal Salvadorena (UCS): AFL-CIO Visit to El Salvador, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: July 24, 1978
Current Status: Declassified

Human Rights Report: July 1978, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: August 22, 1978
Current Status: Declassified

SITREP 6: 1 September, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: September 1, 1978
Current Status: Declassified

September 7 Discussion between GOES and Embassy Concerning Possible Return of AIFLD to El Salvador, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: September 11, 1978
Current Status: Declassified

Embassy and American Community Security, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: September 22, 1978
Current Status: Declassified

U.S. Goals and Objectives and Resources Management (GORM) for FY 19 1, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: December 8, 1978
Current Status: Declassified

Possible Use of International Agencies to Mediate AmCit Kidnapping, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: January 17, 1979
Current Status: Declassified

Human Rights Report: November 1978, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: January 17, 1979
Current Status: Declassified

Violent Incident Leaves Five Dead and Sharply Escalates Church-State Tension in El Salvador, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: January 22, 1979
Current Status: Declassified

AIFLD Emergency Assistance Proposal, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: March 15, 1980
Current Status: Declassified

Status of the Four UCS Churchwomen and the Sheraton Murders Cases, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: July 20, 1981
Current Status: Declassified

Leads in the Sheraton Case, U.S. Department of State
Country: El Salvador
Date: September 28, 1981
Current Status: Declassified

AIFLD-Proposed Agrarian Union Development (AUDS) Program 1975-76
Country: Latin America
Date: July 27, 1977
Current Status: Declassified

Other Government Documents

Salvadorans Held in Murder of Two Americans
Country: El Salvador
Date: June 3, 1981
Current Status: Released by the CIA in 1993
This document from the CIA identifies Ricardo Sol Meza and Hans Christ as being involved in the murders of Michael Hammer, Mark Pearlman and Jose Rodolfo Viera in El Salvador.

Information on Ricardo (Sol) Meza from the CIA
Country: El Salvador
Date: February 3, 1983
Current Status: Unclassified

Meeting with FMLN Negotiators in New York
Country: El Salvador
Date: December 20, 1991
Current Status: Unclassified
Memorandum from Michael Zarin, legislative assistant in the office of Senator Dave Durenberger.

AIFLD-AID Cooperative Agreement in El Salvador-Final Report-Midterm Evaluation, submitted to USAID
Country: El Salvador
Date: June 1993

General Carlos Vides Casanova Removal proceedings
Country: El Salvador ; United States
Date: August 16, 2012
General Vides commanded the Salvadoran National Guard 1979-1989 and was responsible for many political murders including the deaths of four American church women in 1980.

Minister of Defense Jose Guillermo Garcia-Merino's removal proceedings
Country: El Salvador ; United States
Date: February 28, 2014
Garcia-Merino was removed for his responsibilities in torture and extra-judicial killings.