The people in and around Perquín have had a long history of exclusion. From the years of Spanish conquest, to the oppression of the people, abuse of the land, the Salvadoran civil war, to the mass emigration of family members to North America, the region now has the lowest academic level in the country. Wars and Conflicts:   For nearly a hundred years the Lencas, the indigenous population in the region, survived in poverty in this mountainous region while their culture and ...