Abuses of memory by the Salvadoran Government and resistance practices from the new generations Abusos de la memoria por el Gobierno salvadoreño y las prácticas de resistencia desde las nuevas generaciones

Abstract

El Salvador is going through a significant socio-political crisis, related to a recent history marked by constant violence and fear. Almost 30 years after the formal end of the Armed Conflict that affect it for twelve years, the consequent social and political dynamics have been configured as an enabling context for authoritarian practices by the government in power; one that seeks to impose a hegemonic narrative of the Conflict and the Peace Accords. This essay aims to reflect on how the current government abuses the memory of the Salvadoran Armed Conflict to favor its authoritarian practices; whose (counter) effect is the emergence of resistance practices from the new generations, using as a case of reflection the citizen-cyber mobilization "#ProhibidoOlvidarSV", which took place on social networks in January 2021. The intention is to put on the table the potentiality of the phenomenon of memory as a basis for political action, seen from an intergenerational perspective, that counterbalances the initiatives that threaten the little democracy achieved so far.