Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo And The Dominican Republic

Year of 1769 General Jose de Galvez arrived on the shore of San Diego with government official soldiers to contain the Native Americans that resided there. Building the missions were the “central to Spain’s plan, religio-economic institutions operated by orders of Spanish Priests to pacify Indians, convert them to Catholicism, teach them European skills and culture, and transform them into a laboring population.” (The Elusive Eden, 86) With the missions having land around their building, they planned to establish the Native Americans under the Spanish Law by converting them. In turn this will allow them to “civilize” the Native people enough to live on their own in the New California. General Jose’s soldiers began building fortified outposts

There are several events that lead the Mirabal sisters to oppose the “Trujillo regime”. The first event is at their high school play when Sanita almost shot Trujillo with the arch. After that day Minerva never saw Sanita again. Also, Trujillo’s party play a big role in the events that lead the Mirabal sisters to oppose to his regime. Trujillo invite the Mirabal family to his party, where he asked Minerva to dance with him. Trujillo was inappropriate with Minerva, and Minerva act with an instinct response (with a slap). That respond was really scandalous because everyone sees Trujillo as the God of the Dominican Republic. That lead Trujillo taking Minerva’s father into jail, where after his release die because he was tortured by the military.

The American Invasion was a moral wrongdoing due to the fact that its soul purpose was to extend slavery as shown through Texas’s actions. Rafael Antonio Manchola was a Mexican living in Texas during the time that American colonists were settling in Texas. To receive the land that these new American settlers were being provided they were asked to follow a series of regulations such as, pledging their allegiance to Mexico, learning spanish, becoming Mexican citizens, and giving up cruel and despicable act of slavery. Rafael witnessed these settlers violating their promise and decided to write a letter to a military commander in response to this violation, “ They have been using their own colonists as judges and practicing their own laws,

The United States was very disturbed by the interruption of the United States’ business and wanted to invade Cuba to destroy Castro. However, the invasion at the Bay of Pigs was not successful due to Castro’s soldiers intercepting the attack. The United States attempted to kill him and push him to view himself as a Marxist-Leninist and have an alliance with the Soviet Union. Castro depended on Soviet Union money and the military to continue to share the revolution with the rest of Latin America. Unfortunately, in 1967, the United States was successful in assassinating

In fact, the night Bolivar became the dictator of Gran Colombia, he barely escaped assassination. In fact, just a year later, “the opposition to Bolivar had assumed such proportions that an[other] conspiracy to eliminate him was set in motion” (“Simón Bolívar.” Encyclopedia of World Biography). However, Bolivar’s fame “continued to grow to mythical proportions in Latin America” because he was fearless and continued to undermine Spanish authority (“Simón Bolívar.” Encyclopedia of World Biography).

Trujillo demonstrates his antagonism through his unrelenting violations of human rights in the Dominican Republic during the mid-twentieth century. He was quite notorious for taking young women away from their families, and, if they did not comply, killing them and their families. Basically, he destroyed everything that stood in his way by killing every last

Rafael Trujillo was the Dominican Republic’s dictator for over 30 years. His rule over the country for 3 decades is a long story to be told. Trujillo is one to think of when remembering the country’s history. He was a man to be feared, keeping control of the country during his two terms of presidency and then as a military land owner exercising authoritarian control. Trujillo was known for his strong anti-black beliefs. He proclaimed the Dominican Republic a white country, only accepting our Indian heritage. For this

On November 29, 1963, our 35th President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. A young and vigorous leader who was a victim of the fourth Presidential assassination in the history of a country. This assassination was known as a world tragedy, and a great lost to our nation. Many conspiracies were formed while the investigation of his assassination was undergoing, making his case unsolved. But with the many conspiracies, the assassination caused a lot of effect on our country over the years. Making the JFK assassination a remarkable case.

The first instance of colonialism forced upon the inhabitants of the Dominican Republic was the “discovery” by Christopher Columbus on October 12, 1492. Ernesto Sagas and Orlando Inoa presented the interaction in their book The Dominican People: A Documentary History. The confrontation between these two diametrically opposed cultures proved to be “far from equal; the Amerindians’ Stone Age culture was no match for European military technology. The initial encounter took place on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, part of which is now the Dominican Republic” (Inoa pg. 1). This was the first step in a trek through five and a half centuries of Dominican Republic history, and unfortunately much of it was filled with

The Dominican Republic was explored by Christopher Columbus in 1492. When he first discovered it, he named it ‘La Española.’ It became an official country in 1844. The capital is Santo Domingo and the population is about 10.4 million people. The main language spoken there is Spanish, the main religion is Roman Catholic, and their Independence Day is February 27, 1844, which makes it younger than the United States.

Sometimes great leaders must make sacrifices to be successful and rule their nation as intended to. Porfirio Diaz is one such. After Mexico became a new country Diaz took power in 1876 as a dictator. Many literalists saw this dictatorship as if the country would fail, but they failed to recognize the benefits of his rule. “The benefits of his rule with respect to peace, stability, prosperity, and modernization are often overlooked.” (The Porfiriato: The stability and Growth Mexico Needed) His leadership was exactly what Mexico needed at the time. “Lifting it out of over a century of constant civil war, anarchy, and chaos and into the modern, industrial world.” (The Porfiriato: The stability and Growth Mexico Needed) Porfirio Diaz changed the

The Dominican Republic or also known as La Republica Dominicana is a small island that is 18,816 square miles, located off the coast of Florida. The Dominicans of this land share their island with the Haitians. The island has a subtropical climate, mountains, rolling hills, and fertile river valleys. The economy is mainly dominated by sugar, which still earns much of the country's foreign exchange despite establishment of varied light industries and the development of nickel, mining and tourism. Coffee, cocoa, tobacco, and bananas are also a major export crop. But, despite their seemingly stable economy, and lush landscaping, a vast majority of the estimated 8,603,200 people that live there wish to migrate to the

In the Crito (and the Apology), Socrates was sentenced to death by vote – and historically speaking the city of Athens was governed by democracy. However, as we have seen from the Republic, Plato advocated for aristocracy. Socrates insisted that it would not be just to escape jail because he had entered into an implicit agreement with the city. Based on Socrates’ argument(s), do you think he supports a democratic state? Is there any discrepancy between Socrates and Plato’s definition of justice?

Gustavo Diaz Ordaz became president of the United States of Mexico in 1964, years before the massacre, that took place in October 2, 1968 at ”la plaza de las Tres Culturas” in Mexico city, better known as “Tlatelolco Massacre” (“Mexico 's 1968 Massacre”). It was supposed to be an unarmed peacefull protest, but at sunset the police and military forces equipped with armored cars and tanks surrounded the plaza and began firing into the open crowd. The police fire hit not only the protestors but also innocent bystanders.

The Dominican Republic has many prevalent health issues through out the country. Some of the health issues that are common are AIDs, tuberculosis, and chikungunya. There are also waterborne health issues preventing people from being able to drink the water from the faucet daily without getting sick. The infancy mortality rate is very high as well as the children being born with a disease or virus. There are many health organizations trying to eliminate and lower the rates of these diseases and viruses but there is a lack of resources. Compared to the US, some Dominican people face a lot more deaths and disease because they lack the resources to diagnosis their illness and to later find treatment.