HistoryLUC's video: Ignacio Ellacur a at Loyola: Tape 3

In 1986, Loyola awarded Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J. with an honorary doctorate of laws. While in Chicago for the ceremony, he gave a series of press conferences on the current political state of El Salvador under President Duarte, that country’s first civilian president after a decade of military rule. These tapes document Ellacuría’s few days at Loyola, from the moment he arrived to the final conferral of an honorary degree. At a roundtable discussion, Ellacuría addresses the numerous factors that have contributed to the current conflict. He places the onus squarely on the U.S. government for providing more aid to the Salvadoran military than any other Latin American country. He suggests that the U.S. government misunderstands the roots of the Salvadoran conflict and, as such, has exacerbated problems rather than decreased them. For more information, check out "The Ellacuría Tapes: A Martyr at Loyola" exhibit at http://www.lib.luc.edu/specialcollections/exhibits/show/ellacuria-tapes