Actions for the Integration of the Salvadorian Revolutionary Movement

From the beginning of the Salvadorian conflict in the late nineteen seventies until the signing of the Peace Accords, Mexican foreign policy remained consistent and its actions were decisive for the popular revolutionary movement in Central America. In this essay, Ana Guadalupe Martínez discusses how Mexico was regarded as bringing up the political rear during this process, how it worked to build a shield against United States intervention (maintaining a stance that was independent of the pressures and interests of the usa), how it influenced the democratization of thought among the Salvadorian revolutionary leadership (turning the leaders of an orthodox guerrilla movement into leaders of an insurgent movement with a broad and extensive vision) and how it was instrumental in establishing areas for negotiations between the conflicting parties (for example, its commitment to implementing programs that enabled demobilized former insurgents to become reintegrated into economic life).