El Salvador
El Salvador

Author: U S Government Accountability Office (G

Publisher: BiblioGov

Published: 2013-07

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9781289257996

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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed accountability for and controls over U.S. military and economic assistance to El Salvador, to determine: (1) whether any assistance was subject to misuse or diversion; and (2) what accountability and controls are in place. GAO found that: (1) the United States has provided $3.5 billion in economic and military aid to El Salvador since 1980; (2) there was no evidence that U.S. military aid to El Salvador had been diverted or misused since the time that GAO reported on illegal fuel transfers; (3) Salvadoran officials did not emphasize management controls over logistics, due to combat activities; (4) some written guidance was lacking, storage space was inadequate, and inventories and spot checks were not regularly performed; (5) between 1980 and 1989, U.S. economic assistance to El Salvador totalled nearly $2.6 billion, the fourth-largest economic aid program in the world; (6) Salvadoran agencies continue to be affected by serious internal control weaknesses despite the Agency for International Development (AID) mission's efforts to control funds; and (7) by improving El Salvador's financial management capability, reductions in the vulnerability of local currency funds could be accomplished.

Militarization and Demilitarization in El Salvador's Transition to Democracy
Militarization and Demilitarization in El Salvador's Transition to Democracy

Author: Philip J. Williams

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre

Published: 1997-12-15

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0822971860

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With the resignation of General Renee Emilio Ponce in March 1993, the Salvadorian army's sixty-year domination of El Salvador came to an end. The country's January 1992 peace accords stripped the military of the power it once enjoyed, placing many areas under civilian rule. Establishing civilian control during the transition to democracy was no easy task, especially for a country that had never experienced even a brief period of democracy in its history.In Militarization and Demilitarization in El Salvador's Transition to Democracy, Phillip J. Williams and Knut Walter argue that prolonged military rule produced powerful obstacles that limited the possibilities for demilitarization in the wake of the peace accords. The failure of the accords to address several key aspects of the military's political power had important implications for the democratic transition and for future civil-military relations.Drawing on an impressive array of primary source materials and interviews, this book will be valuable to students, scholars, and policy makers concerned with civil-military relations, democratic transitions, and the peace process in Central America.