Nunca Estuve Sola (I Was Never Alone)

                      

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Student: Juan Portillo

Country: El Salvador

Language: Spanish

Title: Nunca Estuve Sola (I Was Never Alone)

Author: Martha Valladares (Nidia Diaz)

Year of publication: 1988

Summary:

Never was alone this book is a testimonial of Nidia Diaz. She was a daughter of the president and was a commander of guerrilla during the civil war in El Salvador from 1979 to 1992. Diaz made a narrative of six months while she was in detention at the base of National Police in El Salvador. She was captured by the soldiers in a helicopter from the air force. They took her to their camp by sudden surprise. Nidia was seriously injured as she was captured, interrogated and tortured for 16 days without any rest at the base of the National Police. The interrogators wanted to know information from her about the dome of the guerrilla. However, she didn’t give them any information.

Nidia was liberated after the guerrilla kidnapped Ines Guadalupe Duarte. This was an exchange for Nidia Diaz and other political prisoners. She made history during the initial protest by a group of people against the government, and when the rich people made a series of injustice acts against the poor population.

Recommendation:

The writer, Nidia Diaz, started with her ideological concept when she was a student at the National University of El Salvador. Later, she was a leader of students after that she was a commander of the guerrilla. Afterwards, Diaz was a member of the Negotiations the Peace Agreement signed in 1992. Now, Diaz is a member of the Legislature of El Salvador. If you want to know how women in El Salvador were active in the armed conflict and how they fought for their rights, then I encourage you to read this book. This book represents Nidia Diaz’s sacrifice for the freedom of her nation, the tortures, and the unpunished massacres.