Why Did Rafael Trujillo Become A Dictator

In the early 1900’s citizens of The Dominican Republic were against Rafael Leonidas Trujillo because he used his power to control and destroy the Dominican republic. Dictator Rafael Trujillo was born on October 24, 1891, in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic. Raised in a small rural town by parents of Spanish, Haitian and Dominican descent. He became president of the Dominican Republic in 1930 through political maneuvering and torture. With Trujillo being one of the most important presidents in the history of The Dominican Republic I decided to research the following questions. How Rafael Trujillo became a dictator? What were Trujillo's achievements? How did Trujillo journey as a president end? I decided to ask these questions because I’m interested

He was also known as a rapist and a thief by much of the community as rumors had begun to spread about. In 1937, Historians estimate that anywhere between 9,000 to 20,000 Haitians were killed in the Dominican Republic by the orders of The Dominican Dictator Rafael Trujillo. The killings of 1937 changed the relationship between the two countries who share the island of Hispaniola and its effects can still be felt today. During this catastrophe men, women and children were rounded up, then beaten or hacked to death for the simple reason of just being Haitian. Even dark skinned Dominicans were caught up in the purge that became known as "el corte", the cutting. According to “Biography” During Trujillo's campaign, he organized a secret police force to torture and murder supporters of the opposing

In 1938, he continued to hold the office of president, he then chose a “puppet successor” who continued ruling and destroying the country under his watch. The military had stopped their support because of his inconvenient actions towards the country. The CIA also didn't want him to have any power or control of the country anymore because he was planning to assassinate Betancourt in Caracas on June 24, 1960. After the case with the three revolutionary Mirabal sisters who were notoriously killed by Trujillo’s henchmen in a car accident in 1960, an underground association began plotting the murder of Trujillo and On May 30, 1961 Trujillo was gunned down by seven