A remarkable and inspiring man appeared on the campus of the University of San Francisco to talk about the past of El Salvador and twelve years of civil war. Charlie Clements was over Air Force in 1971 and then pursued a career in medicine. In 1982 he went to El Salvador to provide health care to 10,000 farmers. It was during this time that he saw the injustices that occur in El Salvador and how the U.S. government played a role in assisting the Salvadoran army that was harming innocent. He said it was interesting that this atrocity was going on a Central American country that literally means "El Salvador." He talked about how he arbitrary executions, disappearances unknown, torture and sexual abuse during the civil war. He explained that the Jesuit martyrs were killed by the method of expressing his love for the Salvadoran people - finding countless ways to expose the lies that were damaging to justice. I was intrigued by the comments he made about today's progress and how people in the world are increasingly aware of the problems of today than before. It was a very interesting presentation.
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