Word: trujillo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...year ago, Balaguer was publicly pooh-poohing questions about a second term, saying that "only a plebiscite of gigantic proportions" could make him run again. But more and more it appears that the bachelor President is harking back to the example of his old boss, Dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, who carefully orchestrated elections during his 31-year rule. Under Trujillo, Balaguer served briefly as a puppet President...