San Salvador, or Watling Island, is the most popular candidate for Christopher Columbus' first landfall on his 1492 voyage in search of a western route to India.
1970. Social unrest hit the islands during the 1970s. Regardless of their ethnic rivalry, oil and plantation workers joined forces during the 1975 strike to demand better conditions. The strike movement was finally quashed when the People’s National Movement called on the army to dole out gasoline.
San Salvador, or Watling Island, is the most popular candidate for Christopher Columbus' first landfall on his 1492 voyage in search of a western route to India.
