Ernesto Antonio Claramount Roseville
Ernesto Antonio Claramount Rozeville (1924–2008[1][2]) was a militant and politician in El Salvador.
Life
Claramount Rozeville was the son of Blanca Rozeville and brigade general Antonio Claramount Lucero (June 13, 1886 - 25 July 1975). A pilot. He attended the Escuela Militar General Gerardo Barrios. In the 1940s, he attended the Cavalry School of Mexican Army. In July 1969, he was in the war against Honduras.
The party alliance National Opposing Union put him on when he was retired colonel to 1977 Salvadoran presidential election as a presidential candidate. As vice president of the former mayor of San Salvador, José Antonio Morales Ehrlich was provided by the Christian Democratic Party.
Salvadoran presidential election, 1977
- Christian Democratic Party
- National Revolutionary Movement
- National Opposing Union
Against the obvious election fraud were protests in the Plaza de Libertad in San Salvador and suppressed the demonstration with about 100 victims.[3][4][5]
The government continued Claramount an ultimatum: to be arrested by the military, or leave the country under house arrest. According voluntarily, he was taken with an air force plane to Costa Rica.[6]
Allegedly, Claramount Rozeville was invited in May 1979 in Costa Rica by Constitutionalistas in FAES, placing itself at the top of a coup.[7]
Official voting results
- Carlos Humberto Romero (National Coalition Party) received 812,281 votes, which 67% corresponded to
- Ernesto Claramount Rozeville (National Opposing Union) received 394,661 votes
The population of El Salvador were about 4.255 million people in the electoral register. 1,206,942 were registered.[8][9]
In film
In the 1989 film Romero, Claramount Rozeville is played by Juan Pelaez.
Legacy
On 22 December 2008 the creation of a foundation with his name (Fundacion de Coronel Caballeria D.E.M. Ernesto Antonio Claramount Rozeville) was announced.[10] He was buried in the Monte Elena Complejo Funerario cemetery in Antiguo Cuscatlán, La Libertad.[11]
References
- ^ Gedenkseite des Beisetzungsstätte
- ^ El diario de hoy anuncia la muerte del coronel Ernesto Claramount
- ^ audio, El Salvador Fraude 1977 Ernesto Claramount, spanisch
- ^ Wahlbetrug in El Salvador. In: Die Zeit, Nr. 11/1977
- ^ Hoy se cumplen 29 años de la masacre en la Plaza Libertad.[permanent dead link] In: Colatino, 28 de Febrero de 2006
- ^ Interamerican Commission on human Rights, 17 November 1978 REPORT ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, IN EL SALVADOR
- ^ Golpe de Estado militar en El Salvador La situación en el país era de guerra civil larvada. In: El País, 16. Oktober 1979
- ^ Dieter Nohlen: Elections in the Americas: A Data Handbook Oxford University Press, 2005, S. 289
- ^ Salvadoran presidential election, 1977 in der englischsprachigen Wikipedia
- ^ republica de las bermudas Fundacion Coronel de Caballeria D.E.M. Ernesto Antonio Claramount Rozeville
- ^ MONTELENA COMPLEJO FUNERARIO