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Title: Armed FPL Officials Take Questions From Western News Organizations In La Palma, El Salvador
Date: 1983-02-06
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Journalists from western news organizations listen to leftist guerrilla officials from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, as they respond to questions during a press conference in La Palma, El Salvador, February 6, 1983. FPL, as a member of the coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, acquired arms and strategic support from socialist parties in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Cuba, and the Soviet Union to fund their campaigns. The FMLN and their political counterpart the Frente Democrático Revolucionario, Revolutionary Democratic Front, FDR, were recognized as the established insurgency in El Salvador and played an integral role in the 1992 peace accords.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Communism; Arms trade; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL); Frente Democrático Revolucionario (FDR)
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Mike Boetcher; Christopher Dickey; Tim Loughran; Willie Germand
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0013_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96141
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Title: ERP Attack On San Miguel
Date: 1983-09-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A Salvadoran guerrilla from the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo, ERP, holds a Heckler & Koch G3 assault rifle across his shoulders during an attack in San Miguel, El Salvador, September 1, 1983. The guerrilla's weapon and clothing were likely sold to him or captured from a member of the Salvadoran Armed Forces. The trading of arms and uniforms to the guerrilla insurgency presented a lucrative opportunity for underpaid army soldiers throughout the war.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military aid; Guerrilla warfare; Insurgency; Arms trade; Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (ERP)
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0154_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96621
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: ERP Guerrillas Take Over Jucuapa Town
Date: 1983-05-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A leftist guerrilla from the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo, ERP, looks over rifles taken from the Salvadoran National Guard after the guerrillas overtook the town and its military post in Jucuapa, Usulután department, El Salvador, May 1, 1983. The country was engaged in a twelve-year civil war between successive authoritarian regimes, backed by the United States, and the guerrilla coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN. The conflict would claim over 75,000 lives before peace negotiations concluded in 1992.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Socialism; Communism; Cold War; Military; Arms trade; Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (ERP); Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0275_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96403
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Fishermen At La Unión Harbor
Date: 1982-11-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: View of three fishermen in a boat as they are lowered from a boom into the water of the harbor at La Unión, El Salvador, November 1, 1982. Throughout the twelve-year civil war, there were reports of weapons being smuggled into the country by fishermen for the guerrilla insurgency.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Arms trade; Economy; Export
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0046_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96513
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Fishermen in La Unión, El Salvador
Date: 1982-11-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A Salvadoran fisherman stands on a pier in La Unión, El Salvador, November 1, 1982. Throughout the twelve-year civil war, there were reports of weapons being smuggled into the country by fishermen for the guerrilla insurgency.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Arms trade; Economy; Export
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0097_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96225
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Fishermen in La Unión, El Salvador
Date: 1982-11-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A Salvadoran fisherman stands on a pier in La Unión, El Salvador, November 1, 1982. Throughout the twelve-year civil war, there were reports of weapons being smuggled into the country by fishermen for the guerrilla insurgency.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Arms trade; Economy; Export
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0090_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96218
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Fishermen in La Unión, El Salvador
Date: 1982-11-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A Salvadoran fisherman stands on a pier in La Unión, El Salvador, November 1, 1982. Throughout the twelve-year civil war, there were reports of weapons being smuggled into the country by fishermen for the guerrilla insurgency.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Arms trade; Economy; Export
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0130_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96258
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: FMLN Guerrilla On Pan American Highway
Date: 1983-04-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A portrait of a Salvadoran guerrilla fighter holding a Heckler & Koch G3 assault rifle across his shoulders as he stands in the middle of the Pan American Highway in central El Salvador, April 1, 1983. The Pan American Highway in El Salvador was a contentious site for guerrilla attacks and army retaliation throughout the armed conflict. The FMLN guerrillas attacked infrastructure and commerce in campaigns of economic sabotage, further testing military units and disrupting the daily life of civilians.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Arms trade; Economy; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0080_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96547
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: FPL Forces Hold Rally In La Palma, Chalatenango Department
Date: 1983-02-06
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: An officer from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, listens to a question from a western journalist during a press conference in La Palma, El Salvador, February 6, 1983. FPL, as a member of the coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, acquired arms and strategic support from socialist parties in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Cuba, and the Soviet Union to fund their campaigns. The FMLN and their political counterpart the Frente Democrático Revolucionario, Revolutionary Democratic Front, FDR, were recognized as the established insurgency in El Salvador and played an integral role in the 1992 peace accords.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Arms trade; Marxism-Leninism; Socialism; Cold War; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL); Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Frente Democrático Revolucionario (FDR)
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0110_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96238
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: FPL Guerrillas In Chalatenango Department
Date: 1981-02-23
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Guerrillas from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, pose with their rifles in Santa Anita, Chalatenango department, El Salvador on February 23, 1981. FPL, as a member of the coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, acquired arms and strategic support from socialist parties in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Cuba, and the Soviet Union to fund their campaigns. The FMLN and their political counterpart the Frente Democrático Revolucionario, Revolutionary Democratic Front, FDR, were recognized as the established insurgency in El Salvador and played an integral role in the 1992 Peace Accords.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Socialism; Cold War; Arms trade; Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Frente Democrático Revolucionario (FDR)
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0010_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96477
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: FPL Weapons In Chalatenango
Date: 1981-02-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: View of Belgian-made FN FAL automatic rifles against a wall in a Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, guerrilla camp in Almendritas, Chalatenango department, El Salvador, February 21, 1981. FPL, as a member of the coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, acquired arms and strategic support from socialist parties in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Cuba, and the Soviet Union to fund their campaigns. Weapons were also captured from the Salvadoran military and paramilitary forces in battle.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Arms trade; Marxism-Leninism; Socialism; Communism; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL)
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0001_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96468
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: General García & US Congressional Delegation
Date: 1983-03-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran Minister of Defense General José Guillermo García, second left, along with members of a U.S. congressional delegation, speaks at a press conference in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 1, 1983. Pictured from left are U.S. representative Bill Richardson, General García, and U.S. representatives Jim Oberstar (1934-2014) and James Jeffords (1934-2014) with John McAward from the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. The conference was called to address the Salvadoran Air Force's admission that it used napalm purchased from Israel against insurgents and civilians in the country's ongoing civil war.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; Arms trade; United States foreign policy; José Guillermo García
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Bill Richardson; José Guillermo García; Jim Oberstar; James Jeffords; John McAward
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0257_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96724
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Liberated FPL Territory In Chalatemango Department
Date: 1981-02-22
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: In territory held by guerrillas from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, a fighter stands at attention near Santa Anita, Chalatenango department, El Salvador, February 22, 1981. FPL, as a member of the coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, acquired arms and strategic support from socialist parties in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Cuba, and the Soviet Union to fund their campaigns. The FMLN and their political counterpart the Frente Democrático Revolucionario, Revolutionary Democratic Front, FDR, were recognized as the established insurgency in El Salvador and played an integral role in the 1992 peace accords.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Socialism; Cold War; Arms trade; Fuerzas Populares de Liberación (FPL); Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Frente Democrático Revolucionario (FDR)
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0087_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96215
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Liberated FPL Territory In Chalatenango Department
Date: 1981-02-22
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: In territory held by guerrillas from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, a fighter stands at attention near Santa Anita, Chalatenango department, El Salvador, February 22, 1981. FPL, as a member of the coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, acquired arms and strategic support from socialist parties in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Cuba, and the Soviet Union to fund their campaigns. The FMLN and their political counterpart the Frente Democrático Revolucionario, Revolutionary Democratic Front, FDR, were recognized as the established insurgency in El Salvador and played an integral role in the 1992 peace accords.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Socialism; Cold War; Arms trade; Fuerzas Populares de Liberación (FPL); Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Frente Democrático Revolucionario (FDR)
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0089_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96217
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Liberated FPL Territory In Chalatenango Department
Date: 1981-02-22
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: In territory held by guerrillas from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, a fighter stands at attention near Santa Anita, Chalatenango department, El Salvador, February 22, 1981. FPL, as a member of the coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, acquired arms and strategic support from socialist parties in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Cuba, and the Soviet Union to fund their campaigns. The FMLN and their political counterpart the Frente Democrático Revolucionario, Revolutionary Democratic Front, FDR, were recognized as the established insurgency in El Salvador and played an integral role in the 1992 peace accords.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Socialism; Cold War; Arms trade; Fuerzas Populares de Liberación (FPL); Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Frente Democrático Revolucionario (FDR)
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0088_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96216
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Army Soldier Captured By FPL Guerrillas
Date: 1983-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A captured Salvadoran army soldier sits during an interrogation session by members of the leftist guerrilla group Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, in Santa Ana, El Salvador, January 1, 1983. FPL, as a member of the coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, acquired arms and strategic support from socialist parties in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Cuba, and the Soviet Union to fund their campaigns. The FMLN and their political counterpart the Frente Democrático Revolucionario, Revolutionary Democratic Front, FDR, were recognized as the established insurgency in El Salvador and played an integral role in the 1992 peace accords.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Marxism-Leninism; Socialism; Communism; Arms trade; Cold War; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL)
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0277_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96405
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Minister of Defense General García And U.S. Congressional Delegation
Date: 1983-03-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran Minister of Defense General José Guillermo García, second left, along with members of a U.S. congressional delegation, speaks at a press conference in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 1, 1983. Pictured from left are U.S. representative Bill Richardson, General García, and U.S. representatives Jim Oberstar (1934-2014) and James Jeffords (1934-2014). The conference was called to address the Salvadoran Air Force's admission that it used napalm purchased from Israel against insurgents and civilians in the country's ongoing civil war.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; Arms trade; United States foreign policy; Cold War; José Guillermo García
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Bill Richardson; José Guillermo García; Jim Oberstar; James Jeffords
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0192_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96320
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Minister of Defense General García And U.S. Congressional Delegation
Date: 1983-03-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: United States Representative Bill Richardson, left, speaks at a press conference while Salvadoran Minister of Defense General José Guillermo García, right, listens along with members of a U.S. congressional delegation, San Salvador, El Salvador, March 1, 1983. The conference was called to address the Salvadoran Air Force's admission that it used napalm purchased from Israel against insurgents and civilians in the country's ongoing civil war.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; Arms trade; United States foreign policy; Cold War; José Guillermo García
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Bill Richardson; José Guillermo García; Jim Oberstar; James Jeffords
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0193_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96321
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Minister of Defense General García And U.S. Congressional Delegation
Date: 1983-03-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran Minister of Defense General José Guillermo García, second left, along with members of a U.S. congressional delegation, speaks at a press conference in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 1, 1983. Pictured from left are U.S. representative Bill Richardson, General García, and U.S. representatives Jim Oberstar (1934-2014) and James Jeffords (1934-2014) with John McAward from the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. The conference was called to address the Salvadoran Air Force's admission that it used napalm purchased from Israel against insurgents and civilians in the country's ongoing civil war.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; Arms trade; United States foreign policy; Cold War; José Guillermo García
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Bill Richardson; José Guillermo García; Jim Oberstar; James Jeffords; John McAward; Julia Preston
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0191_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96319
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Soldier Of Fortune Magazine Owner Visits Morazán During Civil War
Date: 1984-02-21
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A Salvadoran army officer, right, speaks with Robert K. Brown, third left, a former U.S. soldier, editor and publisher of the anti-communist Soldier of Fortune mercenary magazine in San Francisco Gotera, El Salvador, February 21, 1984. Brown and his magazine arrived in El Salvador to donate weapons training and $750,000 of medical and surgical equipment to Salvadoran army doctors.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Arms trade; Military; Military training; Military aid; Counterinsurgency; Cold War; Robert K. Brown
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Robert K. Brown
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0291_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96419
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

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