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The Dominican Republic in the American Press: United States newspaper coverage of the island, gathered and translated for readers in both languagesLa República Dominicana en la prensa estadounidense: la cobertura de la isla en los periódicos de Estados Unidos, reunida y traducida para lectores en ambos idiomas
August 25, 195925 de agosto de 1959 · Washington, D.C. · The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura

Evening star

SourceFuente: Evening star · Washington, D.C. · August 25, 195925 de agosto de 1959
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1959-08-25/ed-1/?sp=1

In contextEn contexto

The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura · 1924–1960

Rafael Trujillo ruled for 31 years. US papers reported the 1930 hurricane that leveled Ciudad Trujillo, the 1937 Haitian massacre, sugar commerce, WWII U-boat sinkings, Tito Mella's Compañía Naviera Dominicana shipping fleet, and Trujillo's Washington lobbying.Rafael Trujillo gobernó durante 31 años. La prensa informó sobre el huracán de 1930, la masacre de 1937, el azúcar, hundimientos de submarinos en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la flota de la Compañía Naviera Dominicana de Tito Mella.

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The *Evening Star* reported that Dominican armed forces crushed two June exile expeditions launched from Cuba at Constanza, Maimón, and Puerto Plata. Trujillo's forces killed 217 of the 224 insurgents and captured seven prisoners of war, defeating what Cuban organizers had hoped would spark an internal revolt.

El *Evening Star* informó que las fuerzas armadas dominicanas aplastaron dos expediciones de exiliados en junio lanzadas desde Cuba en Constanza, Maimón y Puerto Plata. Las fuerzas de Trujillo abatieron a 217 de los 224 insurgentes y capturaron a siete prisioneros de guerra, desbaratando lo que los organizadores cubanos esperaban encendiera una sublevación interna.

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the present Prime Minister of

Cuba and the most voluble s

leader of the forces who would

destroy the Trujillo regime.

Feels Pressure

With a firm hold on the Do

minican Republic’s one politi

cal party, control of the legis

lature, the army, the police

and private business, General

issimo Trujillo until recently i

had little to bother him. s

But in June he felt the pres-1

sures of the Caribbean Storm.!

Two expeditions of Dominican!'

exiles were launched from Cuba j 1

against this country. One in- 1

vasion was by air at Cons- 1

tanza, the other by boats at j 1

Maimon and near Puerto Plata.!!

These attacks were carried 1

out by 224 men, which is fairly

large-scale by Caribbean stan

dards. They shocked General

issimo Trujillo, but his forces

killed 217 of the invaders and

the government still holds the

other seven as prisoners of war.

Castro followers who engi

neered these attempts to over

throw the Trujillo dictator

ship made a bad miscalcula

tion. They expected Domini-

Thieves Ransack

Goldfine's Home

BROOKLINE, Mass., Aug. 25

(AP).—Thieves ransacked the

10-room home of Industrialist

Bernard Goldflne diming the

family’s absence, Mrs. Goldflne

discovered last night on her,

return from a summer home

at Plymouth.

Police said the loss may

amount to thousands of dol

lars. The thieves apparently

were seeking hidden money or

securities. They ripped pic

tures from walls, overturned

chairs, tables and cabinets and

moved rugs in their search. A

rear door had been forced.

which hit it near Rockville this morning. The

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1959). Washington, D.C., 1959-08-25. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1959-08-25/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1959-08-25.

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