República Dominicana 1930 - 1961

The Era of Trujillo

La República Dominicana before Trujillo

(1492) Colony of Spain (1795) Colony of France (1801) Haitian Control (1809) First Republic (1814) Colony of Spain (1821) Rebellion (1822) Haitian Control (1844) Rebellion &

Independence (1861) Spanish Province (1870) Treaty with USA (1916) Dictatorship Ulises

Heureaux (1924) Dictatorship Horacio

Vásquez

Rafael Leonidas Trujillo:His Youth

Born in 1891 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic

Humble parents Elementary School At 16, worked as telegraphist At the end 1916, employed in a

sugar refinery In 1918, Joins the National Guard Raises ranks very quickly, until…

Trujillo Takes Military Control

In 1928, Trujillo becomes the head of “La Policía Nacional”

Along with Rafael Estrella Ureña, leads the revolution of Santiago against Horacio Vásquez

Later, with the help from the US, he takes control and becomes”Presidente de la República”

The Regime of Rafael L. Trujillo

Takes control of the country (economy, politics, etc.)

Gets rid of his enemies by sending them to prison & torturing them.

Examples of tortures - electric shocks, water drips, etc...

Las Hermanas Mirabal “En el tiempo de las

mariposas” Trujillo falls in love

with Minerva, imprisons her husband Manolo Tavarez

She becomes involved in the revolutionary movement , 14 de junio

Murdered at the end of 1960

La revolución The revolution

began with the slow fall of the dictatorship

The US government contacted a group of rebels to help assassinate Trujillo

The assassination occurred on May 30, 1961

The Legacy of Rafael L. Trujillo Although it was a violent

regime, Trujillo’s Era was a moment of incredible prosperity for the Dominican economy.

After his assassination, Democracy was reached.

Joaquín Balaguer