Ernesto Antonio Claramount Roseville


Ernesto Antonio Claramount Rozeville was a militant and politician in El Salvador.

Life

Claramount Rozeville was the son of Blanca Rozeville and brigade general Antonio Claramount Lucero. 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

Against the obvious election fraud were protests in the Plaza de Libertad in San Salvador and suppressed the demonstration with about 100 victims.
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.
Allegedly, Claramount Rozeville was invited in May 1979 in Costa Rica by Constitutionalistas in FAES, placing itself at the top of a coup.

Official voting results

The population of El Salvador were about 4.255 million people in the electoral register. 1,206,942 were registered.

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 was announced. He was buried in the Monte Elena Complejo Funerario cemetery in Antiguo Cuscatlán, La Libertad.