"El Salvador" is a 1982 protest song about United States involvement in the Salvadoran Civil War, written by Noel Paul Stookey and performed by Peter, Paul and Mary.
It was included on the 1999 compilation album Songs of Conscience and Concern[1] and as part of a 25th anniversary concert in New York's Greenwich Village at The Bitter End.
In a 1997 interview with the Houston Chronicle, Stookey commented, "The most recent surprise we had was in the mid- to late-'80s, when we were singing a song called 'El Salvador'.
"[5] Segments of the lyrics often were quoted in articles of the period, including this verse: Just like Poland is protected by her Russian friends, The junta is assisted by Americans.
Group member Mary Travers traveled to El Salvador in January 1983[4][7] with Rep. Ed Feighan[8] in the early years of the war and subsequently was highly vocal in protest of U.S. support of "the terrorism, the rapes, and the murders", saying that as an American taxpayer, "I'm paying these murderers' salaries.