Ambassador Ruben Zamora to Speak at Montgomery College’s Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus Friday

Date: February 19, 2015
Media Contacts: Marcus Rosano, 240-567-4022; Fritzi Bodenheimer, 240-567-4098

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT:         

Ambassador Dr. Ruben Zamora, Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the United Nations, will share his accounts on his participation in the process of reaching the Peace Agreement of 1992 that ended the civil war in El Salvador.

WHO:          

Rubén Zamora Rivas is a politician from El Salvador. He was a member of the cabinet of the Salvadoran government following the October 15, 1979 coup, but he resigned in early 1980 to protest the escalation of repression as the horrific civil war was breaking out. His brother, Mario, was serving as Attorney General when he was assassinated in 1980. After resigning from government, Zamora helped found the Frente Democrático Revolucionario in April 1980.

WHEN:         

Friday, February 20, 2015; 7-9 p.m. (6:30 p.m. reception)

WHERE:        

Cultural Arts Center; 7995 Georgia Avenue, Theatre II; Silver Spring, MD 20910

The program is presented by the Embassy of El Salvador in the United States of America in collaboration with Montgomery College, Montgomery County and Casa de Maryland.

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