The difficult process of shaping national political arenas in El Salvador & Nicaragua. The impact of war and the crisis

Abstract

The political evolution of Nicaragua and El Salvador is the main object of this article. The first section makes a brief summary of the political history of both countries up to the revolutionary crisis of the late seventies. The second section addresses the political consequences of the war and discusses how it has shaped the configuration of the political arenas that emerged in these countries once the war was finished