Larry Towell - EL SALVADOR.

EL SALVADOR. - San Salvador. 1986. Mothers of the

San Salvador. 1986. Mothers of the "Disappeared" display images of mutilated bodies that were found in the streets and photographed by the Non-Governmental Huma...

EL SALVADOR. - 1986. Private school girls sit on a hood of an expensive car in a Salvadorean suburb during the war. The division of wealth between rich and poor in El Salvador eventually led to the 12 year civil war that erupted in 1980 and ended in January 1992. - Larry Towell

1986. Private school girls sit on a hood of an expensive car in a Salvadorean suburb during the war. The division of wealth between rich and poor in El Salvador

EL SALVADOR. - San Salvador. 1986. Mejicanos neighbourhood. While her grandchild looks on, an elderly woman palys with a toy gun during the war in El Salvador. - Larry Towell

San Salvador. 1986. Mejicanos neighbourhood. While her grandchild looks on, an elderly woman palys with a toy gun during the war in El Salvador.

San Salvador. 1986. Children who live along shanty town railroad tracks play with bubbles.

EL SALVADOR. - San Salvador. 1986. An urban teenager stands in front of pop culture posters on a San Salvador street. During the war, the well-to-do were usually not conscripted into the army and often left the country. - Larry Towell

San Salvador. 1986. An urban teenager stands in front of pop culture posters on a San Salvador street. During the war, the well-to-do were usually not conscript

EL SALVADOR. - San Salvador. 1986. A portrait of Archbishop Oscar ROMERO in a San Salvador orphanage. Outspoken Archbishop ROMERO was assassinated by death squads in the early years of the war for his condemnation of the landed oligarchy and his defense of the poor. The Catholic Church suffered prosecution because it defended the poor, for the influence of liberation theology on the clergy's thinking, and its support of the right of the poor to take up arms agianst oppression. - Larry Towell

San Salvador. 1986. A portrait of Archbishop Oscar ROMERO in a San Salvador orphanage. Outspoken Archbishop ROMERO was assassinated by death squads in the early...

San Salvador. 1986. A newborn baby and new mother in a maternity hospital.

San Salvador. 1986. New mother and child in a maternity hospital.

San Salvador. 1986. A new mother is passed out in a maternity hospital after a difficult birthing.

EL SALVADOR. - San Salvador. 1986. Newborn babies in the unsanitary and crowded conditions of a maternity hospital. The infant mortality rate was high during the war due to lack of medical facilities, general lack of healthcare, and an emergency blood supply which was used up by the military. - Larry Towell

San Salvador. 1986. Newborn babies in the unsanitary and crowded conditions of a maternity hospital. The infant mortality rate was high during the war due to la

EL SALVADOR. - Guazapa. 1986. A soldier rides on an army truck running board during a maneuver around Guazapa Mountain. Guazapa, very near the capital city, was a guerilla stronghold throughout the war. - Larry Towell

Guazapa. 1986. A soldier rides on an army truck running board during a maneuver around Guazapa Mountain. Guazapa, very near the capital city, was a guerilla str

EL SALVADOR. - Cabanas. Suchitito. 1986. Government soldiers in a church in Suchitito, an area very near the Guazapa Mountain guerilla stronghold. The Catholic church suffered persecution due to its influence of liberation theology. - Larry Towell

Cabanas. Suchitito. 1986. Government soldiers in a church in Suchitito, an area very near the Guazapa Mountain guerilla stronghold. The Catholic church suffered

EL SALVADOR. - EL SALVADOR. El Barillo. A government Army maneuver near Guazapa Mountain. Guazapa was a guerilla stronghold throughout the war. The woman in the stream is a recently returned refugee defied the army and returned to El Barillo after being driven out by the Army a few years earlier. The photographer was on an army maneuver with soldiers when the woman saw soldiers approaching and threw a towel over herself. Water is carried from the streams to homes for cooking and washing. At the time, there were no permanent houses in El Barillo. 1986. - Larry Towell

EL SALVADOR. El Barillo. A government Army maneuver near Guazapa Mountain. Guazapa was a guerilla stronghold throughout the war. The woman in the stream is a re...

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