El Batallón Cuscatlán fue parte de las fuerzas de la coalición internacional, con la peculiaridad de que cumpliría tareas humanitarias y de reconstrucción, misión que llevó a cabo en cuatro de...

Up to 380 Salvadoran troops, mostly paratroopers, were deployed as part of the Coalition Forces in Iraq between August 2003 and January 2009. They operated alongside the elite Spanish Legion in Najaf.

Mar 25, 2006 · El Salvador's willingness to keep sending troops to Iraq underscores the unusually strong political and economic bonds, as well as the unique military relationship, forged in the past two...

The Plus Ultra Brigade, or Brigada Hispanoamericana, was a military contingent of mixed personnel from Spain (some 1,300 troops), the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua (about 1,200 troops between the four), which was commissioned to support coalition troops in the Iraq War.

El Salvador, the only Latin American country with troops in Iraq, said on Tuesday it is bringing its soldiers home as a U.N. mandate expires.

El Batallón Cuscatlán fue parte de las fuerzas de la coalición internacional, con la peculiaridad de que cumpliría tareas humanitarias y de reconstrucción, misión que llevó a cabo en cuatro de las...

Jul 2, 2018 · US advisors created several different versions of Salvadoran commando units to aggressively track down and destroy their enemy, the frente Farabundo Martí para Liberación Nacional (FMLN), now a political party that has won the previous two presidential elections in …

Mar 12, 2007 · WASHINGTON — American military planners have begun plotting a fallback strategy for Iraq that includes a gradual withdrawal of forces and a renewed emphasis on training Iraqi fighters in case...

Apr 16, 2019 · Alongside Spanish and Polish soldiers, Honduras, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and El Salvador made up the Plus Ultra Brigade of the Multinational Division Center-South, one of four operational divisions of the multinational peacekeeping force deployed to Iraq.

escient of the 21st century challenges confronting democracies around the world. However, understanding the specific context for El Salvador is critically important befor. its insights can be generalized and applied in another counterinsurgent effort. This chapter examines the strategic environments that confronted El Salvador and .