Word: trujillo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Preventive Measure. In 17 years as dictator, Trujillo has broken the spirit of the 2,000,000 Dominicans (200.000 whites, 1,200,000 mulattoes, the rest Negroes). Few dare even to mention his name in public, though in whispers they call him "Beautiful Murder." Seven months ago, 60 rebel soldiers plotted to oust him. For two weeks the Government did nothing. Then the plotters were sent to outposts at Pedernales (on the Haitian border), and at the town of Loma de Cabrera. When they had taken up their new posts, the conspirators were stabbed to death, a11 at the same...
...Dominicans remember the butchering of 12,000 Haitians in 1937. But not all have heard of the speech Trujillo made afterwards in Santiago's town hall. "I faced the Haitian problem squarely," he boasted. "I went to the border and saw the thousands of Haitians on Dominican lands. I considered every way out, but I came to the conclusion that there was only one way-a general massacre...
...Today Trujillo would like to be a gentleman of ease, and loved by all, but time has infected him with the same terror he has spread. He wears a bulletproof vest, keeps his own food taster, and dines only in his own home. He arrives at diplomatic banquets after dinner is over, bringing three bottles of his own Carlos I brandy, from which the corks must be removed before his eyes, and from which he drinks only after others have drunk first...
...Meat. In 17 masterful years of the Benefactor's rule, island businesses have been organized into monopolies and the profits are reaped by Trujillo and his numerous relations...
...cattle. The biggest cattle raiser in the Republic, the Benefactor operates the most modern slaughterhouse, and sets his own price on all cattle sold in the country. The slaughterhouse, built with an Export-Import Bank loan, nominally belongs to the state; so do the ships that carry Trujillo's beef to their Puerto Rican markets. Dominican soldiers load the ships for Trujillo. They also milk the cows on his model 200,000-acre ranch, La Fundacion...