began to form. The FPL formed in 1970 from a group of university students that came from the PCS. Next the ERP and then the FARN formed. The FARN formed from an ERP splinter group in 1975. These groups differed in military and political strategy, for instance the ERP used sabotage and acts of terrorism while other groups were more into building popular support. In 1974 the FAPU formed which consisted of urban workers. The next year the BPR developed and was combined of peasants. And finally in 1978 the LP-28 was set up with the basis of this organization being from the slums of San Salvador. Soon after the development of these organizations they decided to join forces. This left us with the FAPU and the FARN, the BPR and the FPL, and the LP-28 with the ERP. After all this growth the government of Colonel Arturo Armando Molina, under the pressure from the U.S. attempted to counter this growth by enacting a limited agrarian reform, supported by a government favored peasant organization. It was called the UCS and claimed 100,000 members and received much support from the U.S. In 1977 there was another stage of fraud that put Carlos Humberto Romero in office, but he wasn't to stay in office lone. Two years later a group of young military officials removed Romero from presidency. Sometime during all this Oscar Romero was brought in to be the Archbishop. This is when religion actually comes into play. Romero was basically brought into office because other government officials didn't think that he would be a person to make many changes, so basically they felt that they would be able to run all over him and do whatever they felt. You see, the government sees Romero as a quite person and they don't feel that he will take any actions towards the things that are going on. But this is when they find out differently. Romero was a very religious person. He is a priest of the Catholic tradition. This is what most of the population of El Salvador is...
