Ugly History: The El Mozote murders

Ugly History: The El Mozote murders - Diana Sierra Becerra

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2 жыл бұрын

Get to know the story of Radio Venceremos, an underground radio collective that fought US-backed fascism during the Salvadoran Civil War.
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Since the 1800s, a handful of oligarchs had controlled nearly all of El Salvador’s land, forcing laborers to work for almost nothing. But in 1980, farmers and urban workers formed guerrilla groups to overthrow the US-backed dictatorship. These revolutionaries were attacked from every direction, but a group of rebels refused to be silenced. Diana Sierra Becerra shares the story of Radio Venceremos.
Lesson by Diana Sierra Becerra, directed by Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat.
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@Marsfi16 2 жыл бұрын

As a Salvadoran, born after the war, I never really knew anything about this except for all the stories my parents and grandmothers told me about the war. They are survivors and hearing their stories and all the information I have studied on my own (sadly this is not well taught in schools) I came to understand the current situation my country lives in. How important it is to know our countrie's history so we understand the present. Thank you TED-ED for shedding light about this.

@RAMBO14001 2 жыл бұрын

Why do they not teach you this things in El Salvador ?! The Revolution is still pretty much alive there, what's up?

@NitemareMoon 2 жыл бұрын

record their stories somehow if you can. that’s super important history.

@christiana5453 2 жыл бұрын

@@NitemareMoon I second this, eventually the last survivors will pass and it’s important you protect their stories from revisionists and from being lost to time, Good luck

@wintrysnowflake3385 2 жыл бұрын

@@NitemareMoon Agreed. Here in the Philippines a lot of the history concerning Martial Law during the 70's to 80's (especially the human rights violations and economic downturn) was whitewashed and distorted, which aided in currently electing the son of the dictator who declared ML in the first place. Said son was running for president to clean up his family's reputation and role in the orchestration of the atrocities in martial law and is still denying that such crimes ever happened. So, record their stories and help in keeping and spreading them if you can.

@christiana5453 2 жыл бұрын

@@wintrysnowflake3385Sending love from the US, I watched John Oliver’s breakdown of the past election and from what it looks like, the situation is abysmal. I hope youre people will be able to correct the whitewashing of your history and actually have a outstanding president who isnt connected to the atrocities of your people’s past

@derkaiser420 2 жыл бұрын

I knew a lot about this story my Spanish teacher fled El Salvador and she taught us this story. The fact the Colonel got blown up makes it at least a little better. Keep up the good animations. I watch them all.

@JP-br4mx 2 жыл бұрын

The us needs to apologies to Latin America

@itsblitz4437 2 жыл бұрын

@@JP-br4mx which may or may not never happen.

@itsblitz4437 2 жыл бұрын

Somebody getting blown up is never better no matter how terrible the person is, it only just exacerbates the problems.

@JP-br4mx 2 жыл бұрын

@@itsblitz4437 they will if we demand. We minorities need to start demanding apologies and reparations

@antonioscendrategattico2302 2 жыл бұрын

There's one thing I'd like everyone to think about: The US government was complicit in these mass crimes. The perpetrators learned their criminal tactics in US schools. The US government sent military aid to the governments committing these crimes. There is, to this day, continuity between today's US government and the government that aided and abetted these atrocities is maintained. The US never had a revolution or regime change that eliminated the institutions and people who participated in and protected the perpetrators of these crimes. The agencies that did this are still up today.

@jayvd0317USMC 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, as a Marine during the height of the war including working JSOC I can tell you that our country is ruthless, controlling, destructive, and greedy using the entire world like it is their personal bank and military actions are run by politicians who make $ off the suffering of the world. Our country was founded to escape and prevent exactly what it has become, entrenched untouchable lifelong politicians who rule together in the shadows for decades. Yet no one says or does anything. This will continue to be the way America controls the world until they are made to stop.

@antonioscendrategattico2302 2 жыл бұрын

@@jayvd0317USMC I hope more start thinking like you.

@somecuriosities 2 жыл бұрын

Wait! Turns out the Americans are the bad guys pulling strings in the background?!?! [Surprised Pikachu face].

@toolbaggers 2 жыл бұрын

Complicency implies no involvement. The CIA actively overthrows and destabilizes governments in Central and South America (and the rest of the world.)

@diegobravo641 2 жыл бұрын

It's impressive how little americans know of this, right?

@aleksandarvil5718 2 жыл бұрын

*_“When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.”_* -Tyrion Lannister, _‘A Clash Of Kings’_ from the book series _‘A Song Of Ice And Fire’_ by George R. R. Martin

@RD-mp8bm 2 жыл бұрын

don't think this was included in the show

@ezio1993i 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, all of these great dialogues and they still chose “because you don’t have balls”. Still great quote thank you for sharing

@toolbaggers 2 жыл бұрын

I don't listen to country music because I fear it.

@d_payperbag 2 жыл бұрын

@@toolbaggers That doesn't even make sense

@Gala-yp8nx 2 жыл бұрын

I regrettably happen to know one of the CIA officers responsible for helping the El Salvadoran National Guard during the 80s. He maintains to this day that it was necessary. Sufficed to say we don’t get along.

@Jarod-vg9wq 2 жыл бұрын

How’d you come to know him?

@Linterna001 2 жыл бұрын

Thats impressive! Could you develop a little bit more about his opinion of the operation?

@Gala-yp8nx 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jarod-vg9wq He is a friend of a friend who I run into regularly. I’ve made it abundantly clear that I think he’s a murderer.

@Gala-yp8nx 2 жыл бұрын

@@Linterna001 He’s mostly not allowed to talk about what he did directly but he has said in broad terms that what happened kept Central America from becoming a host to Soviet friendly governments. He can neither confirm nor deny anything but anyone who knows him and where he went during the 80s knows he was very directly involved in deeply clandestine activities. He was the unnamed gringo in aviators who was always around just before something happened. I don’t understand why my friend tolerates his presence.

@AmyDentata 2 жыл бұрын

Villains are the heroes of their own stories.

@nunyabiznes33 2 жыл бұрын

The US has been complicit with many dictatorships. For example they allowed the Marcoses to stay in power in the Philippines and even saved them from the angry mob that would have caught and then executed them, like what happened to the Ceausescus of Romania.

@comradekenobi6908 2 жыл бұрын

*POL POT*

@edwinhuang9244 2 жыл бұрын

And Cuba too.

@wintrysnowflake3385 2 жыл бұрын

As much as violence is never the answer, the more I see the moneyed elite and corrupt politicians, the more I started to incline towards the French peasantry liking the guillotine.

@skeletonentertainment4201 2 жыл бұрын

All in the name of stopping communism, what mass genocide? The country is free thanks to them!

@comradekenobi6908 2 жыл бұрын

@@skeletonentertainment4201 wdym

@olamideadio 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. That's like the first time I've seen karma properly work against politicians in real life.

@tabbythehousecat5419 2 жыл бұрын

Karma has been broke and out of order since the early 1400s. However often and when you least expected it to happen, it does work tho

@ilgeorgioahp543 2 жыл бұрын

Nearly any karma. Almost no politcians paid for their crimes.There was no justice.

@whatisbow2865 2 жыл бұрын

Karma doesn't work

@TheHorseOutside 2 жыл бұрын

@@tabbythehousecat5419 why do you cite the early 1400s? What happened around then?

@louvendran7273 2 жыл бұрын

@@whatisbow2865 It works in different ways, sometimes over generations. Some guys are good at stealing and murder so they cover their tracks. It takes a long time for the consequences to catch up. Sometimes they get away, but their children or grandchildren might pay. It can be a vicious circle.

@LunaHeartnet 2 жыл бұрын

It's never fun to be reminded that the US has played the 'bad guy' a number of times... but it's something we need learn from.

@mihailoradovanovic7283 2 жыл бұрын

the ultracapitalist and imperialist structure of the US make it impossible to not be a bad guy. Without foreign meddling and countless atrocities, it couldnt survive in its current form. It seems it cant survive anyways, though.

@EbidoX 2 жыл бұрын

"a number of times" is the biggest understatement of the century

@meyr1992 2 жыл бұрын

@@EbidoX number of times ? You mean almost all the time

@rustyshackle917 2 жыл бұрын

"has played"? as if this ever stopped. Military industrial complex big as ever. Too many three letter agencies to count. Rampant corruption and greed. Ain't no learning I see.

@BenHopkins1000 2 жыл бұрын

Never said we were perfect

@emanuelescarsella3124 2 жыл бұрын

USA government: "We want to spread democracy and free speech" Free people: spread socialist ideas* USA government: "stop it, now"

@kartikpoojari7066 2 жыл бұрын

Also USA allows KKK and N@zis to exist

@SidewaysBurnouts 10 ай бұрын

israel actually provided the guns.

@justsomebread 5 ай бұрын

US Government when a country tries to spread some socialist ideas: "woah buddy, you weren't supposed to do that"

@matissealfaro6736 2 жыл бұрын

My mom’s family were Salvadoran refugees. I was born after the war in Canada. I didn’t know much about it. Thank you so much for educating about El Salvador, which is usually overlooked. I love your channel!

@marthac3985 2 жыл бұрын

As a Filipino, videos like these really hit close to home. We are currently experiencing historical erasure similar to this in our country, so much so that the sheer amount of disinformation has allowed former dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ son, Bongbong Marcos, to become presumptive president. Over 31 million people voted for him in the unofficial results, and while no one can be certain if all of these numbers are real people, there’s no doubt that there are people who were misled into voting for a man who denies the atrocities and debt his family was responsible for, doesn’t pay for his taxes, lied about his educational achievements, and is overall unqualified to run for candidacy. I’m so, so thankful for videos like these and I hope one day this channel covers our story, too. We need more people to know about what’s happening here.

@givemecookies5078 2 жыл бұрын

Is that why Filipino culture is more similar to Spanish and American culture rather than South East Asian?

@noppetynope1608 2 жыл бұрын

We need more people to know our story, before it is completely erased. A big educational channel such as Ted Ed covering our story would be very helpful in combating misinformation and fake news that is circulating in our media today.

@marthac3985 2 жыл бұрын

@@givemecookies5078 It has more to do with our history of occupation. The Spanish stayed for so long and were so aggressive in trying to get Filipinos to conform to their customs. and the Americans enforced their way of doing things once they overcame Filipino resistance. The films Heneral Luna and Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral cover the latter really well in case you’re interested.

@tsarnicholasii419 2 жыл бұрын

@@givemecookies5078 Nah. Most developing countries are plagued with a boatload of corruption and authoritarianism.

@tsarnicholasii419 2 жыл бұрын

Ironically, the CIA supported his father's presidency/dictatorship during its early days.

@GCDio 2 жыл бұрын

This is so cool and insightful. With the current political climate, I hope you talk about Philippine's Martial Law soon because the son of the former dictator is about to assume office, where he plans to erase his family's crimes and rewrite history, playing off that the Martial Law was a peaceful time. This would be really helpful as major sources and evidence of these crimes are starting to be erased now.

@blepblop6181 2 жыл бұрын

💚❤️

@fandroid6491 2 жыл бұрын

One paid troll above me ^

@wintrysnowflake3385 2 жыл бұрын

@@fandroid6491 Starve the trolls, don't reply to them and report the comment if you can. I reported the comment so I can't see the troll's comment, though I think that you can see it on your end.

@marthac3985 2 жыл бұрын

@El AMP ON Yes and I think a lot of people overlook the seven failed coup attempts Gringo Honasan tried to stage, which is the reason why the Philippines has so much debt aside from ill-gotten wealth and corruption.

@jackwilkins7972 2 жыл бұрын

@El AMP ON both marcos and aquino were bad

@mackocloud924 2 жыл бұрын

Ted Ed should do a video on the atrocities of the Marcos regime in the Philippines, his downfall, and his disinformation campaign in the present.

@maboroshi2550 2 жыл бұрын

True! But Filipinos are too caught up believing Marcos is heaven-sent

@digitalstories2179 2 жыл бұрын

Move on sore losers. Prove your point and have a debate with Enrile

@bored_potato 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, please. The rest of the world knows and remembers what the Marcoses did to their own country, and now, there's just something tragic and amusing about the fact that it was only the Philippines who had easily forget. Our national library, which includes files and documents about the Martial Law has become inaccessible, them saying that they were "updating content and improving security". Never did I ever think I would be living in such times where historical revisionism becomes an actual threat and yet here we are.

@Brslld Жыл бұрын

Ferdinand Marcos is a Kleptocrat.

@dakotanelson5722 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t even know anything about El Salvador or US involvement. This needs to be taught more and American public schools.

@navidsia2487 2 жыл бұрын

Really? You think the Americans will admit to their war crimes? Because if they start then there is a looooooong list to cover

@ramonvizcarra8335 2 жыл бұрын

Lol, if you only knew about all the US involvement in Central, Latin America, Asia and Africa. The US education system is never going to teach you about CIA involvement with Pinochet in chile, or how the US invaded the Dominican Republic twice, and haiti, how the creation of Panama as a country was a manipulated revolution in order to create the Panama canal. Why would the US schools teach their kids that they are the bad guys?

@verolyssaurio7778 Жыл бұрын

I remember my Grandpa listening to Radio Venceremos. My brothers and mom remember everything that happened during the war, it always get me in tears when I hear them talk about it.

@CestLePanda Жыл бұрын

Just hearing the details of the countless atrocities makes me feel like my heart sinks. Awful stuff.

@verolyssaurio7778 Жыл бұрын

@@CestLePanda there is a movie called Voces Inocentes where they show kids from 12-13 yrs old being forced to be part of this war it’s really sad. I’ve visited some of the places where some of the gruesome things took place like soldiers taking the lives of babies and women. there still some people that lived through it that still telling stories until this day.

@CestLePanda Жыл бұрын

@@verolyssaurio7778 I've been meaning to watch that film for too long, I'm probably going to sit down and finally do so this week. I've been to Morazán a few times since we have friends out there and my great great grandparents were from there originally. I've gone to the civil war museum there. Actually, in the middle of trying to dig into my family's history in El Salvador I found out last week that my deceased grandmother's house in La Union, where I've spent so many summers, was actually used as a jail by the military during the civil war in the 80s and not only did apparently many people die in there, but it turns out that at some point some of the people being held in there retaliated and murdered the sergeant that was in charge of the jail inside of it too. 😶

@sushobhansaha3028 2 жыл бұрын

One thing I have always noted is that most videos or texts on this subject say “the US Government”, and that sort of sanitises the issue. Instead of this, the governments should be named as under whose presidency and CIA chairmanship. The perpetrators need to be held accountable.

@linaszukaitis822 2 жыл бұрын

America has done this in so many countries, Russia does something in the name of "national security". The world: "war crimes, trial them!". Double standards on another level, honestly it's like a bully getting his own medicine and than screaming "he's the bully" to anyone that stands up for themselves with a surprised pikachu face.

@l.n.3372 2 жыл бұрын

@@linaszukaitis822 You ever heard the phrase 2 wrongs don't make a right?

@linaszukaitis822 2 жыл бұрын

@@l.n.3372 Yea, by that logic America continues to frolick around the world doing the same thing, but god forbid Russia does anything in the name of national security. How dare they.... You heard of double standards that fuel conflict and NEVER end well for any party?

@l.n.3372 2 жыл бұрын

@@linaszukaitis822 You still don't understand how 2 wrongs doesn't make a right. If you only want to punish America, but allow Russia to get away with everything, you're the one applying double standards.

@linaszukaitis822 2 жыл бұрын

@@l.n.3372 I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. Both in the wrong, both are flawed. USA "sanctioning" Russia is like a bully that has beat up most of the school decided to have his gang focus on someone that defends themselves and therefore poses a threat as they're not bowing down to your bully tactics. I'm not going to educate you about the last 40 or more years of history, you should of paid attention in school.

@mariustan9275 2 жыл бұрын

Its disappointing for me whenever America claims to defend freedom, yet sh*t like this goes down

@newstudent7473 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, I never learned this in US history and wish that countries wouldn't try to blot out their dark history

@mihailoradovanovic7283 2 жыл бұрын

@@newstudent7473 lol america doesnt have just a dark past, it hides its dark present also

@newstudent7473 2 жыл бұрын

@@mihailoradovanovic7283 Things I wish I also learn in Modern History. At this point, I might as well learn history by myself since every country seems to hide something

@lauraangel3512 2 жыл бұрын

This is Murica

@mariustan9275 2 жыл бұрын

@MokA Pretty much

@mr.monhon5179 2 жыл бұрын

Radio Venceremos to Colonel Domingo Monterrosa: You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting. **BOOM**

@musubi6885 2 жыл бұрын

Please make a video about the EDSA Revolution as people in my country tend to forget our history. 🇵🇭

@PABC-qd4pj 2 жыл бұрын

Same, I also wanted this moment to be heard again. I, too, was also a victim of misinformation before, good thing some files and people still remember their atrocities pivoted my mindset. Sadly, we have to fight the incoming trolls infesting these sections in case. Never forget!

@leyalaatasto9096 2 жыл бұрын

Please! :(

@thebiscuit5963 2 жыл бұрын

This vid has great insight into revolutions and history so keep it up Ted Ed your vids are great

@TheAlkey55 2 жыл бұрын

idk how Ted ed does it but stuff that I would find boring in class seems so interesting when I watch it here

@prianjed9403 2 жыл бұрын

It's sad that here in the Philippines almost everyone acts blind by the atrocities of the Marcos regime and is revising history because of their fanaticism. I, a part of the Filipino youth will continue to fight historical erasure and revisionism. Never again and never ever forget.

@lyz6459 2 жыл бұрын

I'm with you, kind sir #NeverAgain #NeverForget #MarcosMagnanakaw

@gilmore6168 2 жыл бұрын

Titindig tayo 🥰🥰

@Gala-yp8nx 2 жыл бұрын

Even as an American who knows next to nothing about contemporary Filipino politics I know that Marcos was so bad that he set back your country by decades.

@maboroshi2550 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro! Glad to see someone who isn't falling to the illusion that Marcos was god-sent and perfect #NeverForget

@Jarod-vg9wq 2 жыл бұрын

Resist love from Canada 🇨🇦

@dhruvpatwardhan4394 2 жыл бұрын

Hate is temporary. Love is forever. Now more than ever do we need to spread this message.

@NickVennlig 2 жыл бұрын

Ted-Ed, a fantastic topic would be the American involvement in shuttling nazis and other war criminals out of Germany/Europe to either establish new lives elsewhere or even work alongside American counterparts in combatting communism or developing technology.

@catdogmousecheese 2 жыл бұрын

But if it wasn't for the Nazi's rocket technology America would not have won the space race against Russia.

@starcapture3040 2 жыл бұрын

war crimes in iraq

@hydromic2518 2 жыл бұрын

Space Race

@EvanFerrao 2 жыл бұрын

@@starcapture3040 +

@blackbroadwayandbeyond 2 жыл бұрын

Project Paperclip

@arianachinchilla6038 2 жыл бұрын

Salvadorean here!❤️ Love this video 🎥 And loved the fact that people from other countries get to know part of our history 🇸🇻🇸🇻🇸🇻

@bassl3647 2 жыл бұрын

Something similar happened in Nicaragua. The U.S. supported the contras while the Soviet Union the sandinistas. We and other nations like Korea and Vietnam were fighting wars of superior powers, and created division among population for those supporting one side or the other. Unfortunately in Nicaragua, there is a dictatorship currently ruling, and of course what happened then contributed to today's reality.

@Hallows4 Жыл бұрын

The term for what you’re describing is “proxy war“. Many conflicts in the second half of the 20th century were really about the USA and the Soviet Union trying to prop up and establish governments in other countries that would benefit their own political goals. Since both sides had nuclear weapons, these two super powers going head-to-head could easily result in another Hiroshima or Nagasaki, so the proxy wars were essentially a way to exert a sphere of influence without worrying about total annihilation. Unfortunately, this was all happening when many former European colonies were still struggling to find their own identity and in some cases were still fighting for independence, so the whole thing really just degenerated into a violent and long-lasting mess.

@franciscorios7255 2 жыл бұрын

As a Colombian this really hits close to home, as we are going through a similar process. I hope for all of those affected by wars let their truths be known and justice come for any of those who commited attrocities. I t might take a long time but I beleive it will come

@mayrag1776 2 жыл бұрын

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 thank you for sharing this. It is not talked about enough.

@colleencook4434 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! That blew my mind! Heartbreaking

@Peace_And_Love42 2 жыл бұрын

This is the history of America: "Law and Order... Profit Over People"

@naveengwalia4007 Жыл бұрын

Ty ted ed for bringing these realities to life.

@seansharpes9495 2 жыл бұрын

For how much we claimed to be on the side of democracy, freedom, and so and so forth we sure supported an awful lot of dictatorships...

@modkip25 2 жыл бұрын

do you get the hint?

@nicolaszenho6320 2 жыл бұрын

countries do bad things to stay afloat? this is news to me!

@AmikYoungDon 2 жыл бұрын

Indonesia’s 1965-1966 communist massacre by Indonesian Military helped by the CIA, is one of the least talked about mass murder/genocide in history

@user-xl1wm6xl9d 2 жыл бұрын

What about Stalin, Mao Zedong and Pol Pot ? These Communists kill more people than Suharto did

@SlapstickGenius23 2 жыл бұрын

That’s tragic.

@AmikYoungDon 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-xl1wm6xl9d that doesn’t justify the killing, no one care with the ideology, if they’re violent, they’re wrong

@joshjosh6714 2 жыл бұрын

Please please please make a video on the Martial Law in the Philippines. Our history is being revised with the dictator's son rising to power because of it. The dictator is now being seen by the majority as a hero. The Presidential Museum and Library website containing records of that era has already been shut down. Please help us

@mr.minnesoulja1257 2 жыл бұрын

The animation on Ted-Ed is top notch!

@fabian24123 2 жыл бұрын

The is because the educational system needs some serious changes...

@albertduke9142 2 жыл бұрын

Sound of the oppressed, will be heard at last at any circumstance

@riteshsharma3193 2 жыл бұрын

Wherever there is Conflict/Dispute/Quarrel/Scrubber/Terrorism/Atrocities. There is always U.S.A of America Directly or Indirectly and sometime absence of U.S leads to same.

@-JA- 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@Marsfi16 2 жыл бұрын

I'm from El Salvador. It's sad to see how lots of people including very young people gave their lives because they thought they were fighting for a cause like the people from radio Venceremos. FMLN became a political party after the war, as they said in the video, and they came to power in 2009 but nothing changed. If anything, poverty and violence got worst. The authorities of the party who claimed to fight for the poor and against injustice, betrayed all of those who fought and died for a better country. They only got rich and never really cared about the people.

@IceQub3 2 жыл бұрын

You commented 2 comments in this video, its a bit confusing can you edit one of them for people to know? I see this comment is the latest but still. Edit Non the less, the story is important and need to be told.

@sisyphusvasilias3943 2 жыл бұрын

Absolute Lies! I dont belive you are Salvadorian. Noone from Salvador would speak of recent times without the context of US political and economic persecution that continues to this day. It's a perfect example of how even in Defeart USA vibdictiveness knows no bounds. E.S. cannot rebuild economically because USA has sanctioned their economy. Preventing all attempts are rebulding and creating a fairer economy and society. It's the same as Cuba. If countries "chose the wrong party" to lead them, USA will crush you with sanctions and economic bloackades.

@nera345 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@darkknightmd 2 жыл бұрын

hello ted ed. please make a video on the horrors of martial law in the philippines. there's a lot of disinformation nowadays painting it as a "golden era," i think it would be beneficial to have one of your great videos to support the facts about the tyranny of former president ferdinand marcos

@altinmares8363 2 жыл бұрын

Ted Ed please post more videos about - Cicero (On the Ideal Orator) - Philosopher King

@Mary-J-OK Жыл бұрын

These TED Ed videos are really helping me to learn a bit more about world history. Grateful for that! It's so important to educate ourselves since schools don't do it (and I say this as a former teacher!). I must admit, I felt quite pleased when the colonel was blown up in that helicopter!

@Jarod-vg9wq 2 жыл бұрын

I wish love and freedom to El Salvador 🇸🇻 from Canada 🇨🇦💐🦋🦋🦋❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@the3nder1 2 жыл бұрын

As a United States citizen, former military member, and human being these events are the most important things to teach to our children. We need to take responsibility for the actions of our country and prosecute those involved in this. Horrifying and shameful for every US citizen that puts capitalism above freedom.

@mr.marmol9243 6 ай бұрын

Than move to socialist County and see how it goes.

@cecilia08yeah 2 жыл бұрын

This was such a great video I don't know a lot about Central America but I wish I did learn more about it at school. I would love read more about this. Even watch movies/ TV shows or documentaries about it.

@chan.sorman 2 жыл бұрын

The US has a long history of promoting not democracy, as they present it to their own public but promoting fascism & authoritarianism in order to maintain economic interests. Guatemala & El Salvador are just a few of their many victims. Cuba arguably is the result of when the US pushed too far and the population retalitated in self defence. The US should be held accountable for these crimes just as the British should be for their involvement in Iran (alongside the US), the fire bombings of Dresden, the displacement of the people of the Chagos Islands and their treatment of enslaved persons.

@sammykat2hb 2 жыл бұрын

"Pollinating a more just future." That is such a beautiful way to describe those constant efforts of remembrance. It won't be for nothing. As an American, thank you for sharing this story. I want my people to pursue justice too.

@ReySchultz121 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who's country also once suffered from US-backed oligarchs. I'm sorry, and i'm glad of today. Let us pick up the pieces & move to a peaceful future.

@modkip25 2 жыл бұрын

the U.S. will never be punished for their war crimes.

@AryanSharma-qj4eu 2 жыл бұрын

And then there are people who think US was always innocent.

@remingtonadamssara3334 2 жыл бұрын

Walter Model,is a favorite character,do a good watch on him..,such fun intell you posses,TIK!,between you and Indy Niegel I have added so much knowledge to my obsession w the German Wars.

@bensonwallace1296 2 жыл бұрын

Fighting 7.9% inflation (more like 15%) with a 1% fed funds interest rate is like stopping a forest fire with a bucket of water. Folks prepare accordingly. Make investment in other not to depend on the government for funds.

@robinwhite-gough3331 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting, most people don't understand the market moves and tend to be mislead in the fact like this and always depend on in the bank very bad idea.

@philip3683 2 жыл бұрын

@Parker Thompson Oh really I get confused also but,I was referred to Mr Harrison

@albertomangiante1187 2 жыл бұрын

Wow....Thanks for his contact info, I'll get to him right away

@dancostello1616 2 жыл бұрын

I got Harrison info how good is he ?

@rubycoker6955 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I have worked with 4 traders in the past but none of them are as efficient as he is , his trading strategies are awesome !

@alparslankorkmaz2964 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video.

@rexonbadar9588 2 жыл бұрын

Really hope that Ted Ed can let me enlighten from the time of martial here in the Philippines.

@akshayrameshan 2 жыл бұрын

Thank You, Ted-Ed. You are a rebel

@b.richardsalas1393 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the video as a Salvadoran American

@luisandrade2254 2 жыл бұрын

“Decolonization without land reform is native recolonization”

@SlapstickGenius23 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that’s hopeful.

@kuitaranheatmorus9932 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@itsmebymyself8033 2 жыл бұрын

Review on Kurdish rebellion against a foreign dictator ruling Iraq?

@aleksandarvil5718 2 жыл бұрын

Do *_The Carnation Revolution_* ( April 25th, 1974 ), that started by Paulo de Carvalho's Eurovision Song _"And After The Goodbye"_

@theenlightenedone1283 2 жыл бұрын

*The graves of the Fireflies* -anime Movie

@kholeka8475 2 жыл бұрын

First time watching made me cry, by far my favourite Ghibli movie.

@theenlightenedone1283 2 жыл бұрын

@@kholeka8475 mine too 😓

@20samwiches 2 жыл бұрын

day 2 of asking Ted-Ed to do a video on Ferdinand Marcos and his brutal 21-year reign in the Philippines

@papnpdprpep 2 жыл бұрын

Lights out

@noncom 2 жыл бұрын

Great animations as always but sadly, youtube compression butchered it.

@Diablodave363isawsum 2 жыл бұрын

such deep insight

@olhi8445 2 жыл бұрын

Based pfp

@arcie3716 Жыл бұрын

Seeing the amount of Filipinos in the comment section brining up Macros breaks my heart. The Philippines deserves leaders who actually care about the Philippines…

@akankshasharma7498 2 жыл бұрын

I often wonder how Americans feel about it... do they question their government's actions abroad? Do they care about such things while voting?

@modkip25 2 жыл бұрын

they do not. they have repeatedly shown they do not.

@ElectricAlien577 3 ай бұрын

I do. But im in the minority. The problem is our government actively tries to obscure the reality of our actions through weak justifications about maintaining freedom and democracy. The average american imperial indoctrinee eats it up and lives life believing that everything our country does is justified. As someone who has broken free of that indoctrination, seeing so many of my fellow people still under its spell is depressing.

@poulomi__hari 2 жыл бұрын

This is the first time I am commenting within 2 minutes of upload.

@earthling_parth 2 жыл бұрын

This made me cry during dinner. I really can't imagine the atrocities of humans to start wealthy and abuse other people and species. American officials involved in this should be punished and declared war criminals and this should be taught in schools so children know about the responsibility that comes with power. Even if the officials are dead, it gives justice to the survivors of the massacres and children of survivors who would have heard about this blood curdling horrors.

@mahlataban686 2 жыл бұрын

omg I can't stop my tears...how people fight for their rights and get killed, oppressed and tortured..yet the tyranny and injustice hasn't suffered a bit still going strong..how can we be oblivious to the horrendous crimes of the empire...Thank you a million times TEDEd for bringing these stories to life, hope is always there and no empire lasts forever🙏🙏❤️❤️

@jandreid1056 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately in the Philippines, the former dictatorial regime that also caused unspoken massacres back in the 70's and 80's had been brought back into the country's government.

@eduardpeeterlemming 2 жыл бұрын

Currently this video has 69422 views. We were so close to greatness

@megalodon3655 Жыл бұрын

Pls do history vs Sultan Abdulhamid II or history vs Queen Victoria II, pls.

@fourthinternationalist_1917 2 жыл бұрын

✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

@reymundalagos9889 2 жыл бұрын

Now do the Martial Law in the Philippines!

@paleoph6168 2 жыл бұрын

Domingo Monterrosa: we finally captured the FMLN radio! FMLN rebels: haha radio go kaboom

@diegobravo641 2 жыл бұрын

And one would think that americans would know more of these kinds of stories, and the ones that took place throughout ALL of latin america in the 70s, but their government, in its ever silencing iron fist, does not let history run freely

@lucybonilla1797 Жыл бұрын

My mother to this tells me stories of the violence she witnessed as a young girl, these crimes are not forgotten by the Salvadorean people

@luifranco1457 19 күн бұрын

The only Conspiracy Theory I believe in: Joe Strummer wrote “Radio Clash” with Radio Venceremos in mind (the same year they started broadcasting) but were made to change it. Strummer was very much interested in Central American Geopolitics having released “Sandinista” the year prior. The original version of “Radio Clash” had the words “This is Radio Clash resuming all transmissions, beaming from the mountain tops, using aural ammunition”. The album and single release versions were changed, and the song title also changed to “This Is Radio Clash” (look it up).

@roxylius7550 2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes U S A, beacon of democracy

@rolahassan007 2 жыл бұрын

Of anyone knows the name of the background music please tell

@souvikopgameryt 2 жыл бұрын

amazing and nice video

@kirbymarchbarcena 2 жыл бұрын

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

@syafiqsya465 2 жыл бұрын

Us government intervened many countries throughout history, mostly for their own interests, got nothing to do with justice or war on terror.

@josiahyoung966 2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏽🌺

@terryfernando6131 2 жыл бұрын

Pls do a video of sri lankan crisis

@elsrflanders1545 2 жыл бұрын

Y Mira como peza el sufrir en un Mundo sin mañana

@codyshi4743 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how is El Salvador doing currently?

@markroyhetgarcia5748 2 жыл бұрын

Can you do the Philippines Martial law it is quite an interesting topic, and I'm not aware of what truly happened during those times since i was born 18 yrs after it happened