Amputee Soccer Championship, Central America
One of the tragic legacies of conflicts in Central America in the decade of the 1980's was a large number of unmapped land mines, especially along the Nicaraguan-El Salvadorian border. Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma or Surgery. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered A land mine is an Explosive device designed to be placed on or in the ground to explode when triggered by an operator or the Proximity of a vehicle person Nicaraguans ( Spanish: Nicaragüense; also Nica, Nicoya and Pinolero) are people inhabiting in originating or having significant heritage
To bring attention to the problem, and to assist in the rehabilitation of amputees, several international "Amputee Soccer Championships" were organized in this period. This postage stamp (El Salvador #C546) commemorates the Salvadorian victory in the September 1989 fourth such championship. A postage stamp is an adhesive paper evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services El Salvador ( República de El Salvador,) is a country in Central America.
Citation
- Jack Child, “External actors: the U.N. and the OAS” in Repression, Resistance and Democratic Transition in Central America. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Thomas W. Walker, ed. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 2000.
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