{"id":14593,"date":"2019-07-02T13:06:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T20:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=14593"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:45:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:45:50","slug":"history-of-civil-wars-in-central-america-impact-current-migrant-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/history-of-civil-wars-in-central-america-impact-current-migrant-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Civil Wars in Central America Impact Current Migrant Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U1zcxucVLHk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>July 5, 2019 \u2013 The migrant crisis facing New Mexico and the nation has a number of causes and origins. One of them is a history of devastating civil wars in Central America throughout the 1980s. Todd Greentree knows all about that history, serving as a political officer in the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador during the Reagan administration. He also served in Angola and other conflict zones, and currently serves as a Brigade Political Advisor in Afghanistan. Greentree is author of the book \u201cCrossroads of Intervention: Insurgency and Counterinsurgency Lessons from Central America.\u201d He sat down recently with NMiF Correspondent Russell Contreras to talk about that turbulent history and what it means for solving the current migrant crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guest:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Todd Greentree, National Security Advisor and Former Political Officer at the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador<\/p>\n<p><strong>For Further Reading: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Crossroads-Intervention-Insurgency-Counterinsurgency-Lessons\/dp\/1591143438\">Crossroads of Intervention: Insurgency and Counterinsurgency Lessons from Central America<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyherald.com\/article\/20190325\/news\/303259993\">New Push for Justice after 4 Dutch Journalists Slain in 1982<\/a>, <em>Daily Herald\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2018\/01\/trump-and-el-salvador\/550955\/\">America\u2019s Role in El Salvador\u2019s Deterioration<\/a>, <em>The Atlantic<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 5, 2019 \u2013 The migrant crisis facing New Mexico and the nation has a number of causes and origins. 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