Word: rafael
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...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 Adore...
...jurisdiction, said Kuznetsov, is clear, under Article 53 of the U.N. Charter, which says, "No enforcement action shall be taken under regional arrangements without authorization of the Security Council." On the surface, the action appeared only to range the U.N. on the side of the angels against Dominican Dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. But it turned out to be a time bomb loaded with implications. The Soviet resolution, if passed, would...
...million now. Castro-imitating hotheads have scared off investors by demanding more government controls. Partly as a concession to the leftists, Betancourt has canceled new oil concessions and slashed rents 25%, shaking confidence still more. Chronic crisis-Betancourt's hands are only freshly healed from Dominican Dictator Rafael Trujillo's attempt last June to dynamite him to bits -further contributed to economic trouble...
Having at long last decided to regard Dominican Dictator Rafael Trujillo as an unworthy ally, the U.S. last week set about doing everything it could to bring him down. The U.S. hopes to convince Latin American neighbors that it disapproves as much of dictatorships of the right as dictators of the left-a first step in winning support against Castro...
...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-20,000 watts on medium wave, 50,000 watts on short wave...