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Title
Roberto D'Aubuisson Arrieta, San Salvador, 1983
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1983-02
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
Roberto D'Aubuisson Arrieta holds a phone to his left ear during a Constituent Assembly meeting in San Salvador. He is presiding over the meeting. D'Aubuisson founded the Nationalist Republican Alliance, a far-right political party (ARENA) and in March 1982, ARENA won a third of the seats in the Constituent Assembly. In 1993 the United Nations Truth Commission for El Salvador established that D'Abuisson ordered the assassination of Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero in 1980. The extreme-right wing politician and soldier was also the leader of the death squads that were created to destroy any left-wing opposition.
Roberto D'Aubuisson Arrieta sostiene un teléfono en sobre su oreja izquierda durante una reunión de la asamblea constituyente en San Salvador, sobre la cual el preside. D'Aubuisson fundó la Alianza Republicana Nacionalista, un partido político de extrema derecha (ARENA) y en marzo de 1982, ARENA ganó un tercio de los escaños en la Asamblea Constituyente. En 1993, la Comisión de la Verdad de las Naciones Unidas para El Salvador estableció que D'Abuisson dió la orden para asesinar al arzobispo Óscar Arnulfo Romero en 1980. El soldado salvadoreño de extrema derecha también era el líder de los escuadrones de la muerte, los cuales fueron establecidos para eliminar cualquier oposición izquierdista.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
Black-and-white negatives
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.N35.B11.07.40.07
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/3297
Subject
El Salvador--Politics and government--1979-1992
Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (El Salvador)
D'Aubuisson, Roberto
Place
San Salvador (El Salvador)
Relation
99.01.RCr.N35.B11.07.40.07.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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