Las Fuerzas Armadas de la Resistencia Nacional (National Resistance Armed Forces) was the military arm of National Resistance

Resistencia Nacional

Resistencia Nacional is a Salvadoran political party.It began as a revolutionary organization founded on March 10, 1975 which became part of the FMLN coalition in 1980, against the military junta in the Salvadoran Civil War.- The Birth of The National Resistance...

, a Salvadoran communist organization that was founded on May 10, 1975 when ideological differences within the ERP (Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo) and the assassinations of Roque Dalton

Roque Dalton

Roque Dalton García was a Salvadoran poet and journalist. He is considered one of Latin America's most compelling poets...

 and Armando Arteaga made some members break away from the ERP. Ernesto Jovel was its first general secretary. Other founding members of the RN included Eduardo Sancho (aka Fermán Cienfuegos), Lil Milagro Ramírez, Julia Rodríguez and Arsenio.

External links

• Website dedicated to the RN