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One month after the Organization of American States voted sanctions against the Dominican Republic in an effort to topple Dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, 69, the strongman is still in charge. Billboards dot the Dominican countryside with sycophantic testimonials: "Trujillo, Greatest Man of the Continent," "Trujillo, Dominican Glory," "Trujillo, Your People...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Maneuvering to Stay | 9/26/1960 | See Source »

With every appearance of innocence and reasonableness, the Soviet Ambassador to the U.N., Vasily V. Kuznetsov, last week proposed a simple step to the Security Council. The recent decision by the Organization of American States calling for diplomatic and economic sanctions against the Dominican Republic should be approved by the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Time Bomb | 9/19/1960 | See Source »

Assembled in the clear, democratic air of San Jose, Costa Rica, the hemisphere foreign ministers last week quickly convicted Dominican Repnblic Dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo of collusion in the attempted assassination of Venezuelan President Romulo Betancourt on June 24. The proof (TIME, July 18), gathered by an Organization of American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Convicted & Sentenced | 8/29/1960 | See Source »

The words are familiar, but not the source. The broadcasts come not from Havana, but from Ciudad Trujillo's Radio Caribe. A month ago, to get revenge on Washington, a former friend now cold to him, Dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo began vilifying the U.S. with a powerful transmitter-20...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Dictators' Duet | 8/29/1960 | See Source »

Rafael Leonidas Trujillo's retreat, by taking him out of stage center, left him less vulnerable to the growing pressures against him. They are: certain censure at the midmonth meeting of the Organization of American States for his attempted assassination of Venezuela's President Rómulo Betancourt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: In Retreat | 8/15/1960 | See Source »

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