Italian cameraman Michele Taverna, left, films a presidential campaign rally in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 1, 1984. José Napoleón Duarte of the Partido Demócrata Cristiano, Christian Democratic Party, PDC, was elected president on May 12, 1984. This victory can be largely attributed to the more than $3 million in aid, both overt and covert, provided by the United States to finance the elections in an effort to produce a moderate reformist government compliant with Washington's interests.
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, center, interviews President Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja, right, at the Presidential Palace in San Salvador, El Salvador, May 10, 1984. Vargas Llosa was reporting on the 1984 Salvadoran presidential elections for Time magazine. Time magazine correspondent David DeVoss, left, listens during the interview.
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa interviews President Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja at the Presidential Palace in San Salvador, El Salvador, May 10, 1984. Vargas Llosa was reporting on the 1984 Salvadoran presidential elections for Time magazine. José Napoleón Duarte of the Partido Demócrata Cristiano, Christian Democratic Party, PDC, was elected president on May 12, 1984. This victory can be largely attributed to the more than $3 million in aid, both overt and covert, provided by the United States to finance the elections in an effort to produce a moderate reformist government compliant with Washington's interests.
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, left, interviews Salvadoran President Álvaro Magaña, right, at the Presidential Palace in San Salvador, El Salvador, May 10, 1984. Vargas Llosa was reporting on the 1984 Salvadoran presidential elections for Time magazine. Magaña's provisional government, installed in 1982, transferred presidential power from the Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno, JRG, to a civilian for the first time since the Junta took power in a military coup in 1979. However, Magaña remained heavily influenced by members of the military high command in key policy decisions, which rendered accountability for state crimes and agrarian reform stagnant issues during his presidency.
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, left, interviews Salvadoran President Álvaro Magaña, right, at the Presidential Palace in San Salvador, El Salvador, May 10, 1984. Vargas Llosa was reporting on the 1984 Salvadoran presidential elections for Time magazine. Magaña's provisional government, installed in 1982, transferred presidential power from the Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno, JRG, to a civilian for the first time since the Junta took power in a military coup in 1979. However, Magaña remained heavily influenced by members of the military high command in key policy decisions, which rendered accountability for state crimes and agrarian reform stagnant issues during his presidency.
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, right, listens to Salvadoran presidential candidate Roberto D'Aubuisson, left, from the right-wing party Alianza Republicana Nacionalista, National Republican Alliance, ARENA, on the campaign trail in San Salvador, El Salvador, May 9, 1984. Vargas Llosa was reporting and writing about the Salvadoran presidential elections for Time magazine. José Napoleón Duarte of the Partido Demócrata Cristiano, Christian Democratic Party, PDC, was elected president on May 12, 1984. This victory can be largely attributed to the more than $3 million in aid, both overt and covert, provided by the United States to finance the elections in an effort to produce a moderate reformist government compliant with Washington's interests.
Salvadoran and foreign media collect their equipment following a statement by the United States Secretary of State George Shultz at the U.S. Ambassador's residence in San Salvador, El Salvador, January 31, 1984. Shultz acknowledged the need for significant economic and social reform in El Salvador and was viewed as more moderate than his predecessor, Alexander Haig. Considered the "last major battle of the Cold War", the Central American conflicts drew significant attention from Washington, with officials frequently visiting the region to assess strategies as well as encourage the doctrines of military victory and democracy building.
United States Embassy Public Affairs Officer Don Hamilton, right, shows CBS TV reporter Mike O'Connor, center left, three Soviet or Chinese-made rocket propelled grenades, RPGs, captured from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 17, 1984. Throughout the conflict, the United States exaggerated concerns that the Soviet Union, Cuba, and Nicaragua were funding and supplying the Salvadoran guerrillas with weapons and strategic military assistance. Fears that the Soviet Union and its allies in the Western Hemisphere were actively aiding the guerrillas fit within the U.S.-purported definition of the Salvadoran conflict as a hemispheric Cold War battle, though it certainly did not reflect the reality on the ground.
United States Embassy Public Affairs Officer Don Hamilton shows CBS TV reporter Mike O'Connor, off camera, three Soviet or Chinese-made rocket propelled grenades, RPGs, captured from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, at the U.S. Embassy in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 17, 1984. Throughout the conflict, the United States exaggerated concerns that the Soviet Union, Cuba, and Nicaragua were funding and supplying the Salvadoran guerrillas with weapons and strategic military assistance. Fears that the Soviet Union and its allies in the Western Hemisphere were actively aiding the guerrillas fit within the U.S.-purported definition of the Salvadoran conflict as a hemispheric Cold War battle, though it certainly did not reflect the reality on the ground.
Time magazine reporter David DeVoss, center, interviews a Salvadoran army soldier about the recent elections and nearby guerrilla insurgency in San Vicente department, El Salvador, May 15, 1984. Every major paper and wire service had a bureau in El Salvador while international concern maintained the Central American conflicts as hemispheric battles over communist expansion. Time magazine covered the region from its office in Mexico City and had a reporter and photographer stationed in San Salvador throughout the 1980s.
Time magazine reporter Tim Loughran speaks with a guerrilla from the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, in La Palma, Chalatenango department, El Salvador, February 6, 1983. Every major paper and wire service had a bureau in El Salvador while international concern maintained the Central American conflicts as hemispheric battles over communist expansion.
Time magazine photographer Robert Nickelsberg stands for a photograph in San Vicente, El Salvador, April 1, 1983. Nickelsberg was reporting on recent programs by the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, in San Vicente. (Photo by John Hoagland)
Time magazine correspondent Timothy Loughran, right, interviews Salvadoran army soldiers during a mortar training exercise in San Vicente department, El Salvador, June 26, 1983. Every major paper and wire service had a bureau in El Salvador while international concern maintained the Central American conflicts as hemispheric battles over communist expansion.
A member of the international media, Raul Beltran, upper left, interviews a Salvadoran army officer, second left, as people observe the dead bodies of civil defensemen in Verapaz, El Salvador, January 1, 1983. The civil defensemen were killed in an overnight attack by leftist FMLN guerrillas. Civil defense units in El Salvador were under military command and operated particularly in rural areas where guerrilla support was high.
Time magazine reporter Tim Loughran, right, speaks with a Salvadoran army officer during a military operation against guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in central El Salvador, October 1, 1982. Every major paper and wire service had a bureau in El Salvador while international concern maintained the Central American conflicts as hemispheric battles over communist expansion.
In this interview, Rick Reinhard discusses the path that led to his photographic career as well as the many important experiences that he has had throughout that career. Additionally, he discusses his involvement in the neighborhood of Mount Pleasant and the changes that Mount Pleasant and DC has gone through throughout his life, highlighting events like the 1991 Mount Pleasant Uprising.
The interview discusses Tan’s background in journalism and how she grew up. It also discusses her approach to COVID coverage and how she characterizes the pandemic both for herself and the people around her. This includes discussions surrounding burnout, DC in general, and her work throughout the pandemic and on such events as the racial justice protests in June 2020 and the Capitol insurrection in January 2021.
French photographer Etienne Montes walks outside a hotel in San Salvador, El Salvador, April 1, 1983. Montes photographed the urban violence and death squad activities in San Salvador. He was one of several French photojournalists working in El Salvador during the early years of the country's civil war that forced many members of the political opposition to flee to the countryside or into political exile.
Photographer Christian Poveda takes pictures of a National Guard patrol in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 1, 1984. Poveda, a Hispanic-French photographer and filmmaker, was murdered on September 2, 2009 near San Salvador by the Salvadoran 18th Street gang. He had worked with members when filming "La Vida Loca," an award winning documentary about the group.