On this day in 1977, following fraudulent elections that put General Romero in power, the right-wing Salvadoran military viciously attacked anti-government protesters in San Salvador, killing between 200 and 1,500 people.

The protest was anti-government in character, and took place following fraudulent elections earlier that year, in which the National Opposing Union (Spanish: "Unión Nacional Opositora", UNO), a political coalition composed of the Christian Democratic Party, the National Revolutionary Movement, and the Nationalist Democratic Union, had "lost" to the right-wing, military-controlled National Conciliation Party.

On February 28th, 1977, a crowd of political demonstrators gathered in downtown San Salvador to protest the electoral fraud. Security forces arrived on the scene and opened fire, resulting in a massacre as they indiscriminately killed demonstrators and bystanders alike.

Estimates of the number of civilians killed range between 200 and 1,500. The casualties were underreported by the New York Times, which reported on March 1st, 1977 that only six people had been killed. President Molina blamed the protests on "foreign Communists" and immediately exiled a number of top UNO party members from the country.

One of the consequences of the massacre was the formation of "February 28 Popular Leagues" (Spanish: "Ligas Populares 28 de Febrero", LP-28), a movement launched in September 1977 by the People's Revolutionary Army (ERP), functioning as its mass front.

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    • CanYouFeelItMrKrabs [any, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      especially funny since in a spaceship you would think space is quite limited right? No way rockets today have two different bathrooms

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      omg bathrooms in the future are gender neutral this is literally unrealistic and breaks my immersion based on life in the real world gasp

    • vertexarray [any]
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      2 years ago

      Missing the old days before every game was also a work of political propaganda. Remember Metal Gear Solid 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Armored Core, and Deus Ex? I think it's safe to say that zero thoughts about the real world entered my head when I was playing THOSE games!

    • WittyProfileName2 [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Famously apolitical Deadspace with its hamfisted commentary on religions turning people into mindless killing machines.