Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Muzana remakore rechi20, El Salvador yakanga yava nenguva isina kugadzikana mune zvematongerwo enyika uye mune zvoupfumi, ichiparadzwa nehurumende, vanhu vaipandukira hurumende, uye vatongi vane utsinye vaitevedzana vachitongwa nehurumende yeUnited States. Kusaruramisira kwemagariro evanhu uye kusagadzikana kwevanhu kwakaguma nechiitiko chinoparadza
Hondo yevagari vemuEl Salvador muma1980, iyo yakarwiwa pakati pehurumende inotungamirwa nemauto nemubatanidzwa wemapoka emagandanga ekuruboshwe. Kurwisana kwacho kwakaguma muna 1992 nokugadziriswa kwakarongwa kwakatungamirira kugadziriro yehurumende yeparamende ine mapato akawanda, iyo ichiripo nanhasi.