Lillian Jiménez (b. circa 1950) a Salvadoran poet, has suffered imprisonment for her political convictions. A journalist who now resides in Mexico, she has published several books of poetry and a treatise on the economic and social realities of her homeland. Jiménez‘s country has experienced the loss of a huge percentage of its population to death squads, terrorism, and the poverty that results from political turmoil and economic injustice. The United States, especially under Reagan, was the primary sponsor of the military dictatorship.