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Title
Roberto D'Aubuisson and Diane Sawyer on the rooftop, San Salvador, 1982
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1982-03-29
Publication Information
California State University, Northridge
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Richard Cross Photographs (Bradley Center)
Rights Information
Use of images from the collections of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center is strictly prohibited by law without prior written consent from the copyright holders. The responsibility for the use of these materials rests exclusively with the user.
The Bradley Center may assist in obtaining copyright/licensing permission to use images from the Richard Cross collection. http://www.csun.edu/bradley-center/contact
Description
Salvadoran Army Major and candidate for El Salvador's General Assembly Roberto D'Aubuisson Arrieta sits next to American CBS news correspondent Diane Sawyer during preparations for an interview for CBS's morning news show. They are sitting on the rooftop of San Salvador's Hotel Camino Real. In 1993, a report published by the United Nations Commission on the Truth for El Salvador established that it was Roberto D'Aubuisson Arrieta who gave the order to assassinate Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero in 1980.
Mayor del ejército salvadoreño y candidato a la presidencia de la asamblea general de El Salvador Roberto D'Aubuisson Arrieta está sentado junto a la corresponsal estadounidense de la cadena CBS, Diane Sawyer, durante las preparaciones previas a una entrevista para el programa de noticias matutino de esa cadena. Ellos estan sentados en la azotea del Hotel Camino Real en San Salvador. En 1993, la Comisión de la Verdad para El Salvador estableció que fue Roberto D'Aubuisson Arrieta quien ordenó el asesinato del arzobispo Óscar Arnulfo Romero en 1980.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
black-and-white negatives
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.N35.B10.07.42.01
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/636
Subject
Documentary photographs
D'Aubuisson, Roberto
Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (El Salvador)
Elections
El Salvador--Politics and government--1979-1992
Sawyer, Diane, 1945-
El Salvador--History--1979-1992
Place
San Salvador (El Salvador)
Source
RCr box10 folder07
Relation
99.01.RCr.N35.B10.07.42.01.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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