Marina Manzanares Monjarás
Acting
Biography
Marina Manzanares Monjarás is a political activist in El Salvador. She has long been with the main opposition party Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front. On July 2, 2006, her parents Francisco Antonio Manzanares, 77, and Juana Monjarás de Manzanares, 75, were brutally murdered. Amnesty International launched a letter-writing campaign asking people to urge the President and Attorney General to conduct a thorough investigation and ensure the safety of Marina.
Known For
Filmed by Guillermo Escalón in July 1981, it shows daily life in territories under guerrilla control in the Francisco Sánchez Northeastern Front, Department of Morazán,
La decisión de vencer (Los primeros frutos)
A documentary about Sistema Radio Venceremos, an underground radio network of the anti-government Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) during the Salvadoran Civil War. The station specialized in ideological propaganda, acerbic commentary, and pointed ridicule of the government. The radio station was founded by Carlos Henríquez Consalvi (Santiago).