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Rafael Trujillo Research Paper

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The dictator, Rafael Loenidas Trujillo Molina, simply known as Rafael Trujillo was born October 24,1891 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic. Though, he only attained an elementary education, Trujillo entered in the military in 1918. By 1929, Trujillo became The Commander and Chief of the National Army of the Dominican Republic. Trujillo then assumed the presidency in 1930 after eliminating any major threat to his presidency. Rafael Trujillo commenced his brutal era in the 1930’s in the Dominican Republic expanding his brutality across the island of Hispaniola. Hispaniola consists of two countries; Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic was the first country to face Trujillo’s wrath. Due to the fact that he was the elected

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