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- Title
- Alfredo Cristiani is sworn in as President of El Salvador, former President José Napoleón Duarte stands in the background, San Salvador, El Salvador
- Date
- 1989-06-01
- Creator
- Gentile, Bill
- Description
- 6/1/89 AM195; Salvador; El Salvador 6/89; C. Bill Gentile Sipa Press Inc/Original; Cristiani Being Sworn In as President
- Subject
- El Salvador -- History -- 1979-1992; El Salvador -- Politics and government -- 1979-1992; Presidents -- El Salvador -- Inauguration
- Country
- El Salvador
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Cristiani, Alfredo F. (Alfredo Félix); Duarte, José Napoleón
- Local Identifier
- SC_Gentile_0657
- Type
- color slides
- Collection
- Bill Gentile Photojournalism Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:67745
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- Title
- Alfredo Cristiani is sworn in as President, San Salvador, El Salvador
- Date
- 1989-06-01
- Creator
- Gentile, Bill
- Description
- 6/1/89 AM195; Salvador; El Salvador 6/89; C. Bill Gentile Sipa Press Inc/Original; Cristiani Being Sworn In as President
- Subject
- El Salvador -- History -- 1979-1992; El Salvador -- Politics and government -- 1979-1992; Presidents -- El Salvador -- Inauguration
- Country
- El Salvador
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Cristiani, Alfredo F. (Alfredo Félix); Duarte, José Napoleón
- Local Identifier
- SC_Gentile_0662
- Type
- color slides
- Collection
- Bill Gentile Photojournalism Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:67750
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- Title
- Alfredo Cristiani is sworn in as President, the former President José Napoleón Duarte is in the background, San Salvador, El Salvador
- Date
- 1989-06-01
- Creator
- Gentile, Bill
- Description
- 6/1/89 AM195; Salvador; El Salvador 6/89; C. Bill Gentile Sipa Press Inc/Original; Cristiani Being Sworn In as President
- Subject
- El Salvador -- History -- 1979-1992; El Salvador -- Politics and government -- 1979-1992; Presidents -- El Salvador -- Inauguration
- Country
- El Salvador
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Cristiani, Alfredo F. (Alfredo Félix); Duarte, José Napoleón
- Local Identifier
- SC_Gentile_0666
- Type
- color slides
- Collection
- Bill Gentile Photojournalism Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:67754
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- Title
- Anniversary Of Archbishop Romero's Assasination
- Date
- 1984-03-24
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A woman holds a picture of Archbishop Óscar Romero on the fourth anniversary of his assassination, San Salvador, El Salvador, March 24, 1984. Romero spoke out against the increasing violence and economic inequality sustained by the Salvadoran state regime and was murdered during mass on March 24, 1980 by a right-wing death squad under the orders of Roberto D’Aubuisson. The martyred Romero was officially canonized as a saint by Pope Francis in 2018.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation theology; Human rights violations; Death squads; Óscar Romero
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0182_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96649
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- Title
- Army And Civil Defense Militia Fight Guerrillas In El Salvador
- Date
- 1982-01-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A Salvadoran soldier, left, and a member of a local civil defense militia, right, take cover in a neighborhood cemetery during a battle with guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, FMLN, in San Salvador, El Salvador, January 1, 1982. Civil defense units in El Salvador operated under military command and were complicit along with the Salvadoran National Guard in indiscriminate attacks on peasant cooperatives and villages suspected of subversive sympathies.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0233_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96700
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- Title
- Associated Press Photojournalist Luis Alberto Romero
- Date
- 1983-04-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Associated Press photojournalist Luis Alberto Romero gestures outside a news event in San Salvador, El Salvador, April 1, 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.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Cold War
- Country
- El Salvador
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Luis Alberto Romero
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0212_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96340
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- Title
- Beverage Advertisement In Downtown San Salvador
- Date
- 1983-04-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A woman walks past a beverage advertisement in downtown San Salvador, El Salvador, April 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; Daily life
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0200_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96328
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- still image
- Title
- Captured FPL Guerrilla Presented To Media
- Date
- 1983-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A member of the guerrilla organization Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, speaks to the media after he was captured by Salvadoran security forces near a FPL safe house containing weapons, explosives, medical supplies and pieces of guerrilla propaganda in San Salvador, El Salvador, September 1, 1983. FPL was comprised primarily of union workers, university students, and social Christian groups and was one of five organizations within the guerrilla coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Counterinsurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Insurgency; Marxism-Leninism; Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL); Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0151_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96618
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- still image
- Title
- Captured FPL Guerrilla Presented To Media
- Date
- 1983-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A member of the guerrilla organization Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, FPL, speaks to the media after he was captured by Salvadoran security forces near a FPL safe house containing weapons, explosives, medical supplies and pieces of guerrilla propaganda in San Salvador, El Salvador, September 1, 1983. FPL was comprised primarily of union workers, university students, and social Christian groups and was one of five organizations within the guerrilla coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Counterinsurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Insurgency; Marxism-Leninism; Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL); Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0153_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96620
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- Title
- CBS Television Staff In San Salvador
- Date
- 1983-01-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Salvadoran CBS television producer, Estella Castillo, stands in the doorway of the U.S. network's office at the Camino Real Hotel in San Salvador, El Salvador, January 1, 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.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Cold War
- Country
- El Salvador
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Estella Castillo
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0225_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96353
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- Title
- Cheerleaders With Salvadoran Cadets At Military Ceremony
- Date
- 1983-05-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A group of cheerleaders from Centro Oxford Escalon perform before uniformed cadets at a military ceremony in San Salvador, 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; Military; Military ceremonies
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0110_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96577
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- Title
- Christian Fundamentalists In San Salvador
- Date
- 1984-03-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Civilians listen while a Christian evangelical speaks about God and the Bible in Parque La Libertad, San Salvador, El Salvador, March 1, 1984. 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; Daily life; Religion
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0295_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96423
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- Title
- Civilian Dies In Cross Fire Between FMLN Guerrillas And Government Security Forces
- Date
- 1984-10-24
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- The body of a dead Salvadoran civilian is taken away in a vehicle after a previous day's firefight between members of the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, and Salvadoran security troops in San Salvador, El Salvador, October 24, 1984. The man was leaving work for his home in a government housing project. The twelve-year armed conflict would claim over 75,000 lives before peace negotiations concluded in 1992.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Civilian casualties; Counterinsurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Daily life; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0032_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96160
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- Title
- Civilian Funeral In San Salvador
- Date
- 1983-07-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Family members follow a hearse carrying the body of a civilian found murdered on the side of a road on the outskirts of San Salvador, El Salvador, June 1, 1983. The twelve-year armed conflict would claim over 75,000 lives before peace negotiations concluded in 1992.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Daily life; Civilian casualties; Human rights violations
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0232_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96699
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- Title
- Civilians Line Up To Vote In National Elections In San Salvador
- Date
- 1982-03-28
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Men and women line up at a polling station to vote in the presidential and legislative elections in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 28, 1982. National elections were called to transition power from the Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno, Revolutionary Government Junta, JRG, to a provisional civilian president. The Constituent Assembly elected Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja on May 2, 1982.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Politics; Government; Elections; Voting; Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0137_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96265
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- Title
- Civilians Line Up To Vote In National Elections In San Salvador
- Date
- 1982-03-28
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Men and women line up at a polling station to vote in the presidential and legislative elections in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 28, 1982. National elections were called to transition power from the Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno, Revolutionary Government Junta, JRG, to a provisional civilian president. The Constituent Assembly elected Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja on May 2, 1982.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Politics; Government; Elections; Voting; Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0138_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96266
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- Title
- Civilians Line Up To Vote In National Elections In San Salvador
- Date
- 1982-03-28
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Men and women line up at a polling station to vote in the presidential and legislative elections in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 28, 1982. National elections were called to transition power from the Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno, Revolutionary Government Junta, JRG, to a provisional civilian president. The Constituent Assembly elected Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja on May 2, 1982.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Politics; Government; Elections; Voting; Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0139_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96267
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- Title
- Civilians Vote in Presidential Elections
- Date
- 1984-03-25
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A woman places her ballot after voting in the national presidential elections in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 25, 1984. José Napoleón Duarte of the Partido Demócrata Cristiano, PDC, was elected president after a second run-off election that ended 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.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Politics; Elections; Voting; United States foreign policy; Cold War; Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0181_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96648
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- Title
- Civilians Waiting To Vote In Presidential Election
- Date
- 1982-04-29
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Men and women line up to vote in the presidential and legislative elections in San Salvador, El Salvador, April 29, 1982. The 1982 elections marked the first year that the Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno, Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador, JRG, voluntarily ceded control to an elected civilian president since their installment through a military coup in 1979. The Legislative Assembly voted for Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja as the nation's next president.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Politics; Government; Elections; Voting; Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0072_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96539
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- Title
- Colonel Waghelstein At Press Conference
- Date
- 1983-06-28
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A close-up of United States military advisor Colonel John D. Waghelstein as he smokes a cigar during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 28, 1983. As Chief of the U.S. Military Group in El Salvador, Waghelstein held command over the U.S. advisors stationed in the country and was one of the army's leading experts on counterinsurgency warfare.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military aid; United States foreign policy; Cold War; John D. Waghelstein
- Country
- El Salvador
- Subject -- Personal Name
- John D. Waghelstein
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0122_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96589
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