Robert White served as U.S. ambassador under different administrations. He currently is president of the Center for International Policy. In 1980-81, he was posted in El Salvador during the first years of that country's brutal 12-year civil war. He was harshly critical of the Salvadoran government and accused the military and paramilitaries (widely alleged to have close ties) of committing widespread atrocities against civilians, many of which were later factually confirmed.

PropertyValue
dbpprop:abstract
  • Robert White served as U.S. ambassador under different administrations. He currently is president of the Center for International Policy. In 1980-81, he was posted in El Salvador during the first years of that country's brutal 12-year civil war. He was harshly critical of the Salvadoran government and accused the military and paramilitaries (widely alleged to have close ties) of committing widespread atrocities against civilians, many of which were later factually confirmed. He once called prominent military figure Roberto D'Aubuisson as a "pathological killer". D'Aubuisson was widely suspected of collaboration with death squad killings including the assassination of Archbishop Óscar Romero. He also accused José Napoleón Duarte, El Salvador's President from 1984 to 1989 of being a CIA asset He was dismissed by the new Reagan administration in 1981. He claims that Secretary of State, Alexander Haig, pushed for his removal because he did not favor a military solution to the Salvadoran situation. After retiring from the Foreign Service in 1981, White served as a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. In 1989, he joined the Center for International Policy as the President and has presided at conferences, led delegations to several Latin American and Caribbean countries and published numerous studies regarding U.S. policy towards the region. Additionally, White led an ongoing effort to reform U.S. intelligence agencies.
  • Robert White ist ein US-amerikanischer Diplomat. Er war Botschafter unter verschiedenen US-Regierungen und ist seit 2008 Vorsitzender des Center for International Policy.
  • Robert White es un diplomático estadounidense, que sirvió como embajador de su país bajo varias administraciones presidenciales. Entre marzo de 1980 y marzo de 1981, sirvió como embajador de EE. UU. en El Salvador durante los primeros años de la brutal guerra civil de 12 años de ese país. Él era un duro crítico de la ultraderecha salvadoreña y acusó a los militares y a los grupos paramilitaries de numerosas atrocidades. Él denunció a Roberto D'Aubuisson, un oficial militar, como un “asesino patológico”. D'Aubuisson es sospechoso del asesinato del arzobispo salvadoreño Óscar Romero y de haber organizado matanzas de los Escuadrones de la Muerte, grupos paramilitares de ultraderecha. La administración de Reagan en 1981 lo despidió. Él declaró que el secretario del estado, Alexander Haig, impulsó su retiro porque él no favorecía una solución militar a la situación de El Salvador. Después de retirarse del servicio exterior en 1981, White trabajó como miembro asociado en el Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. En 1989, él fundó el Center for International Policy, del que es actualmente presidente. Él ha presidido en las conferencias sobre la situación de los países latinoamericanos y del Caribe y ha conducido varios estudios publicados con respecto a la política de los E.E.U.U. hacia la región. Además, White condujo un esfuerzo con el objetivo de reformar las agencias de inteligencia de los E.E.U.U. White reside actualmente en Alexandría, Virginia.
dbpprop:hasPhotoCollection
dbpprop:reference
dbpprop:relatedInstance
rdfs:comment
  • Robert White served as U.S. ambassador under different administrations. He currently is president of the Center for International Policy. In 1980-81, he was posted in El Salvador during the first years of that country's brutal 12-year civil war. He was harshly critical of the Salvadoran government and accused the military and paramilitaries (widely alleged to have close ties) of committing widespread atrocities against civilians, many of which were later factually confirmed.
  • Robert White ist ein US-amerikanischer Diplomat. Er war Botschafter unter verschiedenen US-Regierungen und ist seit 2008 Vorsitzender des Center for International Policy.
  • Robert White es un diplomático estadounidense, que sirvió como embajador de su país bajo varias administraciones presidenciales. Entre marzo de 1980 y marzo de 1981, sirvió como embajador de EE. UU. en El Salvador durante los primeros años de la brutal guerra civil de 12 años de ese país. Él era un duro crítico de la ultraderecha salvadoreña y acusó a los militares y a los grupos paramilitaries de numerosas atrocidades.
rdfs:label
  • Robert White (ambassador)
  • Robert White
  • Robert White
owl:sameAs
skos:subject
foaf:page
is dbpprop:predecessor of
is dbpprop:redirect of