Salvadoran peasant uprising of 1932

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The Salvadoran peasant uprising of 1932 was a major rural insurrection led largely by indigenous and communist organizers that was brutally repressed by the military, resulting in a massacre known as La Matanza.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf massacre-related event ⓘ
peasant revolt ⓘ
rural insurrection ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1932 Salvadoran peasant revolt ⓘ
1932 indigenous uprising in El Salvador ⓘ
commemoratedBy Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front ⓘ
leftist movements in El Salvador ⓘ
country El Salvador ⓘ
deathToll tens of thousands of people ⓘ
estimatedDeaths approximately 10,000–30,000 people ⓘ
followedBy consolidation of military dictatorship in El Salvador ⓘ
decades of repression of indigenous identity in El Salvador ⓘ
strengthening of anti-communist policies in El Salvador ⓘ
hasCause agrarian inequality ⓘ
concentration of land in coffee estates ⓘ
economic crisis following the Great Depression ⓘ
fraudulent 1931–1932 municipal elections in El Salvador ⓘ
influence of communist organizing in rural areas ⓘ
political exclusion of peasants and indigenous people ⓘ
repression of labor and peasant organizing ⓘ
hasEffect long-term trauma in western Salvadoran communities ⓘ
mass killing of indigenous people ⓘ
suppression of peasant movements ⓘ
hasHistoricalInterpretation interpreted as a class-based and ethnic-based rebellion ⓘ
seen as a precursor to the Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
location Ahuachapán Department ⓘ
Izalco ⓘ
linked to: Izalco Volcano

Santa Ana Department ⓘ
Sonsonate Department ⓘ
indigenous communities in El Salvador ⓘ
western El Salvador ⓘ
opponent government of Maximiliano Hernández Martínez ⓘ
landowning elite of El Salvador ⓘ
organizer Communist Party of El Salvador ⓘ
indigenous community leaders ⓘ
participant Alfonso Luna ⓘ
Farabundo Martí ⓘ
Felipe Amaya ⓘ
Mario Zapata ⓘ
National Guard of El Salvador ⓘ
President Maximiliano Hernández Martínez ⓘ
Salvadoran Army ⓘ
communist organizers ⓘ
indigenous peasants ⓘ
rural laborers ⓘ
partOf history of El Salvador ⓘ
history of communism in Latin America ⓘ
history of indigenous peoples in Central America ⓘ
pointInTime 1932 ⓘ
relatedTo La Matanza ⓘ
Maximiliano Hernández Martínez dictatorship ⓘ
Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
result La Matanza ⓘ
significantEvent execution of Farabundo Martí ⓘ
mass executions without trial ⓘ
military reprisals against indigenous villages ⓘ
startTime January 1932 ⓘ

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Farabundo Martí → notableEvent → Salvadoran peasant uprising of 1932 ⓘ
Salvadoran peasant uprising of 1932 → alsoKnownAs → 1932 indigenous uprising in El Salvador ⓘ
linked to: Salvadoran peasant uprising of 1932