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The Fourteen Families (Spanish: Catorce Familias) was a term used to label and refer to the oligarchy of El Salvador during the country's period known as the "Coffee Republic" from 1871 to 1927. The families controlled most of the land in the country.

See also

• Coffee production in El Salvador

References

Citations

1. ^ Haggerty 1990, p. 10
2. "The Eclipse of the Oligarchs". The New York Times. 6 September 1981. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

General and cited references

• Federal Research Division Library of Congress (1990). Haggerty, Richard A. (ed.). El Salvador: A Country Study (PDF). Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

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