Ana Guadalupe Martínez

Ana Guadalupe Martínez

activist El Salvador

Ana Guadalupe Martínez, born in 1950 in Metapan, El Salvador, is a notable figure in the country's history of resistance against military dictatorship. The daughter of a military rebel against the US-backed dictator Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, she was actively involved in student movements and was kidnapped and tortured by the National Guard in 1978. Her harrowing experiences were documented in her influential book, 'Las cárceles clandestinas de El Salvador,' which became a crucial testament of human rights abuses during the Salvadoran Civil War. Alongside fellow revolutionary Joaquín Villalobos, she played a vital role in unifying guerrilla groups and negotiating peace in 1992. Despite her contributions, she has expressed disillusionment with the subsequent political corruption and violence in El Salvador.

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