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Negotiating War in El Salvador: The Politics of Endgame

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Enrique A. Baloyra
Enrique A. Baloyra*
Affiliation:
Graduate School of International Studies and University of Miami (Florida)
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Important changes occurred in El Salvador between the parley of government and guerrilla representatives at La Palma (15 October 1984) and the exchange of kidnapped government officials for imprisoned and wounded guerrillas (24 October 1985). During that year Salvadoran politics entered into the endgame of a political transition that may yet culminate in a democratic consolidation. Reaching the endgame stage of the transition hinged on the outcome of the March 1985 election, which gave the Christian Democratic administration of José Napoleón Duarte a clear majority in the Legislative Assembly and control of most municipal governments. The election completed the process of investing formal-legal power in a government committed to democratization. Equally important, it strengthened the credibility and legitimacy of that government, both domestically and abroad. However, that third consecutive electoral victory by the Christian Democrats did not, of itself, guarantee the consolidation of a democratic regime. The election simply created a more favorable climate in which the Partido Demócrata Cristiano (PDC) and others could do so, but formidable political obstacles still remain.

Type
Transition to Democracy: Two case Studies
Information
Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , Spring 1986 , pp. 123 - 148
Copyright
Copyright © University of Miami 1986

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