Ronald Reagan: “The real freedom fighters of El Salvador turned out to be the people…”

On the recordJuly 17, 1983

The real freedom fighters of El Salvador turned out to be the people of that country.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at the Quadrennial Convention of the International Longshoremen's Association in Hollywood, Florida

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Ronald Reagan: “The real freedom fighters of El Salvador turned out to be the people of that country.”