Author: Kira Freed
Series: Voices Leveled Library Readers
Narrator: Highlights for Children
Unabridged: 0 hr 20 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway
Published: 07/27/2018
From high mountains to rich coffee fields, the Central American country of El Salvador is a land of great beauty. It is also a country with a long history of suffering. El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America. In 1524, Hernan Cortes claimed the area for Spain. In 1841, El Salvador became independent. There was a civil war in El Salvador from 1980 to 1992. The people of El Salvador are now trying to rebuild their country.
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