Word: trujillos
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...peerless leader has disclosed that the re-establishment of the office of Vice President is being considered," reported El Caribe, newspaper mouthpiece of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, the Dominican Republic's Generalissimo, Ambassador Extraordinary, Benefactor, etc., etc.-and for the past 24 years its Dictator. It was electrifying news. Anyone named Vice President would obviously be under grooming to take over the presidency, currently held by the Benefactor's brother and puppet, Hector Trujillo. Approving letters, marveling at the "brilliant suggestion of the Benefactor," began to appear, day after day, in the paper...
...Dominicans get from their Maximum Leader . . . incomparable intellectual preparation." And that led to a logical conclusion: the minimum age for the vice-presidency, and the presidency, too, ought to be lowered from 30 to 25. Strikingly enough, the most visible Dominican in that age category is Major General Rafael Trujillo Jr., 26, better known by nickname "Ramfis...
While the boss was in Spain on a recent state visit, it appeared, Paulino had undertaken to further his ambitions by "sowing discord" to "divide and conquer" the armed forces. Item: Paulino humiliated a Trujillo favorite, Rear Admiral Lajaro Burgos, "calling him by the name of Napoleon, and not by his own true name." Explained El Caribe: "Assuming that Communism works by fomenting hate, stimulating the instincts of revenge and of conflict between individuals ... it has to be said that the policies to which Señor Anselmo Paulino Alvarez has been so boldly and poisonously dedicating himself are policies...
...Admiral Lajaro Burgos foiled Paulino by flying off to Spain and tattling to the dictator. On Trujillo's return, El Caribe concluded lyrically, "the sword of the Biblical angel flashed over the stupid head [of Paulino], casting him out of paradise and into reproach...
...Trujillo has chastised Paulino before; in 1950 when the Organization of American States accused Paulino of plotting to assassinate Paul Magloire (now President of Haiti) on behalf of Trujillo, the boss was forced to send him to the doghouse for a while. But careful students of Trujillo's methods think that charging Paulino with Communist policies means he is out for good...