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are first documented around 2000 BC. These people were called the Olmec. Perhaps a more prevalent group in El Salvador were the Maya who existed after the Olmecs and existed for nearly 1000 years. in the 16th century the Spanish arrived in El Salvador. This oc ....

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.... poor for 10 years afterwards. In the 1970's the government, in turmoil because of population increases and rampant poverty, was corrupt and lead by coups. In 1972 the military overthrew the old President and put up their own President. The people unhappy with the unfulfilled promises for reform, became restless and formed a political party called the Federation Democratio Revolucionario. This was a sect of the FMLN a militaristic political party that wished to gain power. With the Regan administration shocked by the revolution in Nicaragua, the U.S. feed money to the standing El Salvadorian government. In April of 1990 the United Nations st ....