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Some critics accused Balaguer of trying to establish a dictatorship, as had his mentor, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, who ruled for 31 years until his assassination in 1961. "He runs the country like a Florentine court," said a banker, implying that he is all too remote from the island's people and their aspirations. "The longer we postpone taking the lid off, the greater will be the explosion here." Others accused him of lacking imagination and concentrating on showcase projects instead of attacking basic problems such as poverty, educational shortcomings and land reform. In reply, Balaguer pointed to his record...
Comfortable Posts. In the voting at week's end, Balaguer's well-organized political machine dominated the Dominican scene. The President was backed not only by the influential military but also by officeholders-many of them ex-Trujillo followers-eager to hang on to their comfortable posts. As the counting of the votes began and the President spurted to an early lead over his rivals, it seemed that Joaquin Balaguer might yet find time to build those museums...
...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...
Having taken care to renounce Trujillo before returning to the country in 1965, after 23,000 U.S. troops had brought an end to the bloody civil war, Balaguer won the 1966 election with an impressive 57% of the vote on a "peace and order" platform. Going into the 1970 election, he has the backing of most of the military and nearly all of the country's businessmen. In his 3½ years in office, he has curbed inflation, balanced the budget and attracted a modest but vital flow of foreign capital. He has even profited from the weather. Record...