Salvadoran Civil War survivor giving talk at LTCC

Raul E. Moreno Campos, a doctoral candidate and teaching fellow at UCLA’s Department of Political Science, will be at Lake Tahoe Community College on Tuesday, May 26 at 12 p.m. Campos will give a presentation on “State-Sponsored Violence, U.S. Imperialism, and the Salvadoran Civil War” in the LTCC Commons, inside the main building. This is a free event, and the community is welcome and encouraged to participate.

In his talk, Moreno Campos will share an historical and political analysis of the development of the Salvadoran military regime, and the onset, development, and resolution of the Salvadoran Civil War. He’ll explore the role that the U.S. government played in this process, including the sending of military advisors from U.S. Special Forces, and their training and sponsorship of the Salvadoran military.

Campos was born in San Salvador, El Salvador, and lived there throughout the entirety of the Salvadoran Civil War (1979-1992). He is currently working on his doctoral dissertation entitled, “Vectors of Power: Esotericism, Intellectualism and Military Hegemony in El Salvador, 1930-1950.” He has taught a number of classes at UCLA, including America in the ‘60s: Politics, Society, and Culture, The 1960s: Popular Liberation Movements, and Interracial Dynamics in American Culture and Society.