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Title
Roberto D'Aubuisson blows smoke, San Salvador, 1983
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1982-03-16
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 blows cigarette smoke while he sits at his Republican Nationalist Alliance (ARENA) party headquarters in San Salvador during an interview with journalists. 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.
El mayor del ejército salvadoreño y candidato a la presidencia de la asamblea general de El Salvador Roberto D'Aubuisson Arrieta saca el humo de un cigarillo mientras está sentado en la oficina central del partido ARENA (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista) en San Salvador durante una entrevista con periodistas. 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
black-and-white negatives
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.N35.B10.06.27.30
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/615
Subject
Documentary photographs
Elections
El Salvador--Politics and government--1979-1992
Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (El Salvador)
D'Aubuisson, Roberto
El Salvador--History--1979-1992
Place
San Salvador (El Salvador)
Source
RCr box10 folder06
Relation
99.01.RCr.N35.B10.06.27.30.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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