Augustín Farabundo Martí

Augustín Farabundo Martí was a Salvadoran revolutionary and the head of the Salvadoran Communist Party. In January 1932, he organized a two-day revolt of farmworkers. The rebellion was quickly suppressed by General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, who authorized the execution of at least 10,000 suspected participants. This event, known as la matanza (the slaughter), significantly impacted El Salvador's history by eliminating the immediate threat from the left and reinforcing the value of military dictatorship to the landed elite. Martí's name is also associated with the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a major organization during El Salvador's civil war. It is important to distinguish him from José Martí, a Cuban poet and patriot who fought for Cuba's independence from Spain.1234