Ligas Rojas (El Salvador)
The Ligas Rojas (1917 to 1927) were paramilitary associations in which the Meléndez-Quiñonez dynasty organized indigenous people in El Salvador .
The Ligas Rojas were founded in 1917 as supposed workers' organizations. Even if their name suggests that they were the first cousin of the Bolshevik Party , they were used to manipulate the exploited classes in favor of the establishment . The organization was an idea by Dr. Alfonso Quiñónez Molina , who became the brother-in-law of President Carlos Meléndez .
With their superiority in votes and arms, the leagues helped elect Jorge Meléndez in 1919.
In 1996, Alvarenga Venutolo described the indigenous as good allies of the Meléndez Quiñónez. After the dissolution of the Ligas Rojas , the pressure on the local indigenous power centers increased. This weakened the alliance between the indigenous people and the government. Venutolo describes attempts by the indigenous peoples to enforce their majority elected candidate against the Ladino candidates.
In 1923 the Ligas Rojas were used to elect Quiñónez Molina's brother-in-law to the presidency.
In the elections in 1927 , Pedro Mauricio, a Nahua , was elected mayor of the Municipio Nahuizalco, the Ladinos challenged his election and justified this with the fact that Mauricio was illiterate .
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- ↑ Thomas Anderson: Matanza. El Salvador's Communist Revolt of 1932. 1971, p. 22
- ↑ Anderson 1971, pp. 22-23 http://dodgson.ucsd.edu/las/elsal/1902-1932.html ( Memento of May 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Ana Patricia Alvarenga Venutolo: Cultura y la violencia etica de. El Salvador, 1880-1932. Coleccion Rueda del tiempo 1996, page 308
- ↑ Anderson 1971, p. 23