Democratic Revolutionary Front

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Democratic Revolutionary Front

political organization, El Salvador

Also known as: FDR, Frente Democrático Revolucionario

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Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
…the paramilitary arm of the Democratic Revolutionary Front (Frente Democrático Revolucionario; FDR), a coalition of dissident political groups backed by Cuba. Throughout the 1980s its members initiated and engaged in hard-fought battles with Salvadoran government troops who were trained and supplied by the United States. In November 1989 the FMLN…
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…the paramilitary arm of the Democratic Revolutionary Front (Frente Democrático Revolucionario; FDR), a coalition of dissident political groups backed by Cuba. Throughout the 1980s its members initiated and engaged in hard-fought battles with Salvadoran government troops who were trained and supplied by the United States. In November 1989 the FMLN…
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