The World - News from Nov. 16, 1988
Thousands of peasants, students and workers marched through the capital of El Salvador to demand that the U.S.-backed government negotiate with leftist rebels to end the nine-year-old civil war. The march coincided with an Organization of American States meeting in San Salvador, in which regional peace is an agenda topic. An estimated 15,000 to 20,000 people marched in the procession that stretched more than 2 miles.
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