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Last week Dictator Trujillo was very much in the news. Within the
fortnight, scathing criticism from far & wide had pointed up the
anachronism: <]f In Caracas, Provisional President Romulo Betancourt
announced that Venezuela would not recognize Trujillo and his
"assassins of liberty."
...Glory Road. Trujillo is the end product of a U.S. military occupation. When the U.S. forces got out of the Dominican Republic in 1924, Trujillo was a Major in the Marine-trained Army. By 1930 he had fought his way into the presidency...
Today he puts on a show combining the outstanding features of a waterfront goon squad and Hollywood. Generalissimo Trujillo's car sports a five-starred, solid-gold license plate. Newspapers and radio hysterically shout his praise. Statues of him litter the land. An electric sign once glittered: "God and Trujillo...
...dictator's amorous capacity is notable, even in the tropic Caribbean. One of Trujillo's friends is bediamonded, aging, Isabel Mayer. Now in her sixties, Dona Isabel is still famed for her parties and cuisine ("Have some more sea food! It's good for men"). Trujillo was at one of her parties when the infamous massacre of the Haitians occurred in 1937. Rumor has it that Dona Isabel had complained that Haitian peasants, sneaking across the border, were stealing her cattle. The Trujillo soldiery was ordered out. They smashed babies' heads against rocks, ripped pregnant women...
...Business. Important visitors, including touring U.S. Congressmen, have found Trujillo the soul of affability. At home he can point to solid achievements: great advances in irrigation and sanitation, improved roads and schools, build ing projects. Trujillo's enterprises and taxes have helped drive living costs up. But his Government has been "orderly...