The "Trujillo Era" (1931-1961)
You can say after having traveled through the history of "The Spanish" Quisqueya and Dominican Republic this island never had long moments of quiet, authentic democracy ...
Trujillo era perhaps have been the most recent dictatorship with a duration of 31 years is best known period.
Trujillo established absolute political control and severe violations of human rights, like Lilies at the time was concerned with the economic development of the close and benefited, Trujillo used his political party, the Dominican Party, a seal of their decisions. But the real power was in the National Guard, the largest institution, better armed, and more centrally controlled than any military force in the history of the nation in the National Guard becoming a virtual monopoly on power. Trujillo's regime worried about expanding the National Guard as one of the largest military forces in Latin America, by 1940, the Dominican military spending was 21% of the national budget. All citizens were signed to identification cards and passes good behavior of the secret police.
Obsessed with flattery, Trujillo promoted a cult of his flamboyant personality. In 1930, a hurricane slammed Santo Domingo, Trujillo rebuilt the city and named it "Ciudad Trujillo", also he changed the name of the highest
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The murder was the result of a new policy of Trujillo called "Dominicanisation of the border." Place names along the border were changed from Creole and French to Spanish, the practice of Vodou was outlawed, quotas on the percentage of foreign workers were imposed that companies could hire, and a law impidía was approved Haitian workers remain in the country after the sugar