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| 1979, Oct. 15 | |
| Following a series of successful strikes that seemed to foreshadow victory for popular forces, Gen. Romero was overthrown by the “COLONELS' COUP.” He was replaced by a military-civilian junta that promised the dissolution of ORDEN, political freedoms, and agrarian reform. The first junta included moderates Román Mayorga Quiroz and Guillermo Ungo and military leaders Col. Adolfo Majano and Col. Jaime Abdul Gutiérrez, but the power structure changed with the addition of the conservative Col. Guillermo García. The junta also allowed Duarte to return from exile. | 1 |
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| National security forces massacred 25 protesters. This case was one of many in which the military used violent repression despite the change in government. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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