Asociación General de Estudiantes Universitarios Salvadoreños
The Asociación General de Estudiantes Universitarios Salvadoreños ( AGEUS ) is a Salvadoran student organization that was founded in 1927 or 1931.
In 1944, AGEUS led the general strike that led to the overthrow of dictator Maximiliano Hernández Martínez .
Under the leadership of Ivo Príamo Alvarenga , AGEUS contributed significantly to the overthrow of President José María Lemus López in 1960 .
Ricardo Castaneda Cornejo (UN MP), Rufino Quezada (former Rector of the Universidad de El Salvador ) and Hugo Martínez were well-known leaders of AGEUS.
During the Salvadoran civil war in the 1980s, the International Union of Students showed solidarity with AGEUS.
Web links
- Literature by and about Asociación General de Estudiantes Universitarios Salvadoreños in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- History of AGEUS (in Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ^ René Hernández Valiente: El derecho a la huelga en la Constitución . In: El Mundo . April 7, 2017 (Spanish, online [accessed June 24, 2018]).
- ↑ El estudiante que a un presidente derrocó . In: Diario1 . June 21, 2018 (Spanish, online [accessed June 24, 2018]).
- ↑ Gabriel Labrador: "Fidel Castro me preguntó: 'oye chico, ¿eras guerrillero?'" In: El Faro . June 21, 2015 (Spanish, online [accessed June 24, 2018]).
- ↑ El buen vivir enriquece solo a los funcionarios ” . In: La Prensa Gráfica . April 6, 2017 (Spanish, online [accessed June 24, 2018]).
- ^ Hugo Martínez es el candidato presidencial del FMLN . In: Periódico Digital Centroamericano y del Caribe . (Spanish, online [accessed June 24, 2018]).
- ↑ International Union of Students (Ed.): For the rebuilding of the university and peace in El Salvador: ¡AGEUS presente! Prague 1987, OCLC 883860236 (English).