| A | B |
|---|
| Subversive/ agitator – | Person who wants to overthrow or undermine the government or ruling class |
| Monsignor/Monseñor – | Special title for a priest, given by Pope |
| Land reform | Changing the laws in El Salvador so that more campesinos can own their own land and not be exploited by the landowners |
| Guerillas | One who engages in irregular warfare in independent units |
| Junta | A group of persons controlling govt after revolutionary seizure |
| National Guard | Salvadoran soldiers, support the military government and landowners |
| Sabotage | destruction or obstruction designed to hinder a war effort (by civilian or enemy agent) |
| Campesinos | people who live on and work the land (but do not own it). They are poor and marginalized. |
| Death Squad | Land reform – Changing the laws in El Salvador so that more campesinos can own their own land and not be exploited by the landowners National Guard – Salvadoran soldiers, support the military government and landowners Death Squad – small groups of national guardsmen, sometimes trained by the School of the Americas; sometimes off-duty soldiers |
| Archbishop Oscar Romero | bookworm who becomes leader and “voice” of Salvadoran people, assassinated |
| Father Rutilio Grande | Jesuit priest who gets killed; President calls him a communist |
| Colonel Ernesto Dorio – | next highest ranking in military after President |
| General Humberto | President of country after military Junta “steals” the election of 1977. Says there are “no political prisoners” |
| Bishop Rivera Y Damas | A Bishop who drafted the initial statement after Fr. Grande was killed; on the side of the Salvadoran people |
| Bishop Cordova | Military vicar - wants to go to the inauguration. supports government and people in power. |
| racist discrimination | terms which describe Arista Zeladas attitude about indigenous people of El Salvador |
| their voice | What Romero becomes for the Salvadoran people |
| Examples of Power over | false elections, torture, rape, kidnapping |
| People guilty of power over | National Guard, Death Squad, Guerillas |
| Examples of Power with | voting, working in the fields, educatind people about human rights |
| People at the center | Landed elite, officers in the National Guard, |
| People at the margins | campesinos, priests, |
| direct actions for justice | working with farmers, Romero listening to families of the disappeared |
| social actions for justice | voting, demonstrations, Romero's request to the U.S. to stop funding |
| excluded | poor people |
