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D. The U.S. State Department later justified American aid, stating: "The immediate goal of the Salvadoran army and security forces — and of the United States in 1980, was to prevent a takeover by the leftist-led guerrillas and their allied political organizations.” Cuba and the Soviets supported the rebels.
C. El Salvador is bordered by Guatemala to the northwest, Honduras to the northeast and Pacific Ocean to the south. Nicaragua is southeast of El Salvador across the Gulf of Fonseca. Much of the 1980s fighting in Central America - especially Nicaragua - was seen as a proxy war between the United Sates and Soviet Union.
A. The former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina has emphasized church's role in helping the world's poor since becoming Pope Francis in 2013. He also has welcomed visits by the founder of liberation theology, a Latin American movement embracing the poor and calling for social change, which conservatives once scorned as overtly Marxist.
B. Romero was the fourth archbishop of Sal Salvador where he sermonized against poverty, social injustice, assassinations and torture. He was shot giving mass a day after he told the nation's police and National Guard, "The law of God which says thou shalt not kill must come before any human order to kill. It is high time you recovered your conscience."