Word: trujilloism
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After much tension but surprisingly little violence, the Dominican Republic last week seemed to be heading for stability. Seven months after the assassination of Trujillo. which ended 31 years of dictatorship, a peaceful transition to democracy was agreed to by all factions. If all now goes well, there will emerge a Swiss-style Council of State, and free elections will be held next year. Agreement on all this was reached by the opposition and by President Joaquin Balaguer and the army's strongman. General Pedro Ramón Rodriguez Echavarria...
...Betweens. Thus ended an explosive, six-week crisis verging often near the flash point of civil war. Last month Balaguer and Rodriguez Echavarria-with an assist from Washington, which stationed warships and marines off the Dominican coast-became heroes for a day by blocking a comeback coup by two Trujillo brothers. But their authoritarian rule still did not meet the nation's hankering for freedom. The opposition National Civic Union, a moderate group, demanded that Balaguer and Rodriguez Echavarria themselves abandon power. At first the two Trujillo holdovers refused. It remained for two unlikely go-betweens to bring about...
...Congress this week. Balaguer will appoint a seven-man Council of State over which he will preside, at least in the beginning-and with the right to retain Rodriguez Echavarria as armed forces chief. All six other Council member-designates are either independents or men who turned against Trujillo. Amiama Tió, a small businessman, and Imbert, a cement plant manager who drove the assassination car, will each be represented...
...three weeks a power struggle had raged over who should inherit the fiefdom of slain Dictator Rafael Trujillo. With so much passion involved, it was surprisingly bloodless. But so long as it was unresolved, the prospects of trouble hung over the Dominican Republic. Backed by a stubborn general strike in the streets, the middle-of-the-road National Civic Union (U.C.N.) demanded the disappearance of the last vestiges of Trujilloism. The two most conspicuous Trujillo vestiges-Armed Forces Boss Pedro Ramón Rodriguez Echaverria and Trujillo's pet President Joaquin Balaguer-as stubbornly resisted vanishing...
...news spread, Santo Domingo burst into jubilation-though Balaguer seemed to be having second thoughts and army officers held out for guarantees of no reprisals for their Trujillo-era deeds. Cars honked through the streets, loudspeakers burst forth with Jingle Bells to a merengue beat, and the anti-Balaguer populace danced in the streets singing a new song: "Now that he is going. Now that he is going. Now that he is going, I want to dance with you!'' But was he going...