With the resignation of General Renee Emilio Ponce in March 1993, the army's sixty-year domination of El Salvador came to an end. The country's January 1992 peace accords stripped the military of its power, placing many areas under civilian rule. Establishing civilian control during the transition to democracy was no easy task--El Salvador had never been a democracy.
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With the resignation of General Renee Emilio Ponce in March 1993, the army's sixty-year domination of El Salvador came to an end. The country's January 1992 peace accords stripped the military of its power, placing many areas under civilian rule. Establishing civilian control during the transition to democracy was no easy task--El Salvador had never been a democracy.
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