In 1983, war correspondent Don North went behind the guerrilla lines in El Salvador to spend two months in Guazapa, one of the bloodiest battlegrounds of the civil war. Twenty-six years later, North returned to Guazapa to find out how survivors lives have since changed. Using a mixture of old and new footage, North documents El Salvador's problems of soaring crime, massive migration and a fragile economy. This program highlights Salvadoran hopes for change and how the candidate of the FMLN - the post-war political party of the guerrillas - wins the election for president in March 2009. Guazapa: Yesterday's Enemies is an examination of the courage, resilience and humanity of the Salvadoran people in the aftermath of war. |