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...Dictator. They were found dead near the wreckage of a Jeep at the bottom of a 150-ft. cliff on the north coast of the tight little island. Said El Cáribe: "The accident in which Driver Rufino Cruz and the sisters Patria Mirabal de Gonzáles, Minerva Mirabal de Tavárez and Maria Teresa Mirabal de Guzman died is presumed to have happened when Cruz lost control of the vehicle...
There was much to the story of the three Mirabal sisters that El Cáribe did not tell. The story began with Minerva, 32, who reportedly caught the Dictator's eye some years ago when she was a pretty university student. When Trujillo tried to exercise his Dominican version of droit du seigneur, Minerva's response was a stinging slap on the face. Shortly thereafter, both Minerva and her middle-aged father were jailed, Minerva briefly, her father for two years before he was released -to die 15 days later of a combination of malnutrition, beatings...
...Minerva, by Gustav Regler...
...Minerva, by Gustav Regler. The author, an ex-Communist, writes an absorbing memoir of his misadventures as a revolutionary, and in the process throws much light on 20th century history...
...Minerva, by Gustav Regler. The author, an ex-Communist, writes an absorbing memoir of his misadventures as a revolutionary, and in the process throws much light on 20th century history...