National trauma and indigenous culture. The events of 1932 in El Salvador

Abstract

This work of the national trauma generated by the slaughter of more than fifteen thousand Indians in 1932 by the government of General Maximiliano Hernandez Martínez, which led to the virtual disappearance of the las remnants of Nahuatl-Pipil indigenous culture, especially its language, clothing, costumes and traditions. Analyzes the consequences of such slaughter in the country ́s history, contextualized in the political and economic circumstances of the time.