Enrique Alvarez
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Enrique Álvarez Córdova was a politician and statesman of El Salvador
. He attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. During his time there he was involved in Kappa Sigma Fraternity (Gamma Upsilon). After a frustrated attempt to be a Salvadoran "New Deal
er," attempting to implement agrarian reform as El Salvador's minister of agriculture and cattle raising, Álvarez dramatically changed course and joined the Democratic Revolutionary Front (Frente Democrático Revolucionário or FDR). Assassinated in 1980, Álvarez has been called "the first rich man who gave his life for the poor of El Salvador." In November, 1980 he was kidnapped and murdered together with other directors of the FDR by elements of the Salvadoran police and military.
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
. He attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. During his time there he was involved in Kappa Sigma Fraternity (Gamma Upsilon). After a frustrated attempt to be a Salvadoran "New Deal
New Deal
The New Deal was a series of economic programs implemented in the United States between 1933 and 1936. They were passed by the U.S. Congress during the first term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The programs were Roosevelt's responses to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call...
er," attempting to implement agrarian reform as El Salvador's minister of agriculture and cattle raising, Álvarez dramatically changed course and joined the Democratic Revolutionary Front (Frente Democrático Revolucionário or FDR). Assassinated in 1980, Álvarez has been called "the first rich man who gave his life for the poor of El Salvador." In November, 1980 he was kidnapped and murdered together with other directors of the FDR by elements of the Salvadoran police and military.