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In The Mountains of Morazán

In The Mountains of Morazán

Mike Gatehouse

(1994)

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Abstract

After years of exile in neighbouring Honduras, 8000 refugees returned to the mountains of Morazán in El Salvador. There they founded Segundo Montes City, named after a Jesuit priest killed by the army. In the Mountains of Morazán is the extraordinary story of Segundo Montes, told by the community's men and women, and interspersed with vivid descriptions of daily life in this remote corner of El Salvador. Alongside memories of war and exile, thorny questions are raised about the community's development. Can Segundo Montes survive with foreign aid? How far has been absorbed into national society? Have the 1992 Peace Accords healed the wounds of the violent past?

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Title Page a
Copyright Page b
Table of Contents c
Maps i
Preface 1
1: The Bridge 5
2: The Workshops 15
3: Quebrachos 23
4: Cleotilde 31
5: El Mozote 37
6: Arambala Reborn 46
7: Coming Home 52
8: Captured 57
9: The Land 62
10: The Assembly 71
11: The People of El Barrial 76
12: Khaki and Curd Cheese 81
13: Government 90
14: Families 99
15: Schools 105
16: Colomoncagua Revisited 112
17: Perquín 119
18: Workers 127
19: The Nursery 136
20: Pastoral 143
21: The Capital 150
22: Fiesta 159
23: The Clinic 166
24: The Bank 173
25: New Town 181
26: Reconciliation 189
27: Epilogue 196
Appendix A: Glossary of Spanish words 202
Appendix B: Glossary of Acronyms and Organisations 204
Appendix C: Chronology 206
Index 209