Rafael Trujillo

unjust treatment lasted from 1933 to 1945. Twelve years of suffering of millions of individuals due to the choice to pursue authoritarianism. 4,812 miles away, Rafael Trujillo, another dictator, reigned over the Dominican Republic. The country was poor and needed something or someone to take them out of their economic slump. This allowed Trujillo to develop the roots of his reign in the hearts of the people by expanding the economy, funding public works, and encouraging the revival of culture.…

In history, there have been many people trying to change the world. There are others who revolt to change an event that happened in their own life. In my opinion, a revolution is just doing something to make a change. For example, there is the French Revolution or the guy that left his house because his parents were too strict. These two things relate. How? Well, in both situations, someone started a revolution by going against someone else. However, it doesn’t only have to be someone; it…

Name of Salome” which is about a (Jones) Julia Alvarez’s second and most important novel is, “In The Times of Butterflies” is about the lives and ending of three sisters. They were assassinated during the last few reigning days of the dictator Rafael Trujillo, after visiting their husbands in jail. Soon after their deaths, they were known as the “mariposas” or as the butterflies. The fourth sister was the only one to live and tell the story. (Bethal) There was also a film that was produced in…

If you even thought a bad thing about Trujillo, fuá, a boulder would fall out of a clear sky…”(3.) One can consider that these expressions of this phenomenon of fukú is really just a self-imposed expression of excessive masculinity and control. While we are given examples by Yunior of the what…

The name appears to have been given to the music in a fashion similar to the use of salsa as the name of the music. Merengue has its origins from the mid-1800s when it took over as the island’s most favorite music. The music was promoted by Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican Republic dictator from 1932 to 1961, who turned it into the country’s national music and dance. Its longevity as popular music is remarkable…

Oscar Wao Paper 1 Fuku a curse of doom. Fuku was brought to Santo Domingo by the dictator, Rafael Trujillo or that is how the Dominican people would testify. Oscar Wao’s family was cursed by Fuku as shown in the novel. “If you even thought a bad thing about Trujillo,fua, a hurricane would sweep your family out to sea,fua,....” p.3 This is how fuku is presented in the novel and how it was known in Santo Domingo. My family was presented with a term similar to fuku. This term is known as…

were poor back then you were considered black even if you were a little dark. In the 1930s, Dominicans could only consider themselves as either “White” or “Indian” because the dictator at the time, Rafael Trujillo, eliminated the option “black” on a national identity card. Winn states that in 1937 Trujillo committed an act of genocide against tens of thousands of Haitians, even on those who were born in Dominican Republic. The genocide was based upon their skin color and their ability to…

In the twentieth century Dominican Republic, soldier Rafael Trujillo rose through the military ranks, eventually becoming leader of his country. From there, he imposed a brutal regime, limiting human rights and freedoms. While citizens publically expressed approval of their government in order to avoid arrest, many belonged to underground groups that supported a revolution. Three of the most prominent members of this group were the Mirabal sisters: Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa. Minerva…

Republic breeds hatred, discrimination and racism stemming from a long, blood-filled history. Geographically close to one another, the countries remain psychologically separate, distinguished by an intangible boundary edified by the Dominican dictator Trujillo. Trujillo’s proclamations of antihaitismo and Dominican nationalism have lead to the current state of Haitian deportation and anti-Haitian sentiments. Haitian and Dominican History Haiti and the Dominican Republic previously had a…

time passed many new leaders were introduced, that believed in different ways of running a government. Some were seen as extremists, while others were seen as fair. Totalitarian leaders were extremist. Leaders like Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Rafael Trujillo, Benito Mussolini resorted to violent and extreme actions to run their government. Totalitarianism makes one of the most radical regimes because the government controls virtually all the elements of a society, this is achieved through…