“When the structures and values of Salvadoran society exemplify a democratic system, then the revolution I have worked for will have taken place. This is my dream.”

—  José Napoleón Duarte

Duarte: My Story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-399-13202-3 (1986), G.P. Putnam's Sons
1980s

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