Evening star
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1936-01-12/ed-1/?sp=5
In contextEn contexto
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.
More on The Trujillo EraMás sobre La era de Trujillo
- Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise · December 27, 193527 de diciembre de 1935
- The Washington daily news · February 20, 193620 de febrero de 1936
- The Washington times · February 22, 193622 de febrero de 1936
SummaryResumen
The *Evening Star* published a statement praising President Trujillo for directing the rebuilding of Santo Domingo following its destruction, modernizing the city without incurring new debt or defaulting on bonded interest payments. The report highlighted extensive nationwide public works, including new roads, schools, hospitals, Latin America's largest suspension bridge, and a nearly completed $3,000,000 artificial port at Trujillo City. It added that despite public efforts to rename the capital in his honor, Trujillo had initially opposed the proposal.
El *Evening Star* publicó una declaración en la que elogiaba al presidente Trujillo por dirigir la reconstrucción de Santo Domingo tras su destrucción, modernizando la urbe sin contraer nueva deuda ni suspender el pago de intereses sobre los bonos. El informe destacó amplias obras públicas en todo el territorio nacional, como nuevas carreteras, escuelas, hospitales, el puente colgante más grande de América Latina y un puerto artificial de 3.000.000 de dólares a punto de concluirse en Ciudad Trujillo. Añadió que, pese a las gestiones públicas para rebautizar la capital en su honor, Trujillo se había opuesto inicialmente a dicha propuesta.
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President Trujillo, the statement says:
"With a will that brought comment
from the entire world, the 39-year-old
Chief Executive personally directed
the task of saving the impoverished
population from starvation and epi
demics. and then of constructing a
new city to replace the old one. Rap
idly new streets, buildings, homes and
parks appeared, until Santo Domingo
became a new metropolis in gleaming
white, far surpassing the city it had
replaced.
"Without defaulting or postponing
Interest payments on bonded indebt
edness. and without incurring new in
debtedness. President Trujillo con
ducted a vast program of public works
throughout the nation, financed en
tirely from current revenue. New'
highways were laid into every corner
01 the country; great bridges were
swung across rivers, among them the
largest suspension bridge in Latin
America; new schools, hospitals, li
braries. were erected everywhere.
Agricultural development mounted to
new all-time highs and industry
leaped from a handful of manufac
turing establishments to more than
1,200.
After his re-election in 1934. Presi
dent Trujillo began an even more
impressive public works program, the
climax of which is the creation of an
artificial port at Trujillo City, now
nearly completed. At a cost of $3,000.
000 this new port permits for the
first time actual entry to the docks
of the harbor.
The Dominican people, idolizing
their leader, beg/m last June the
movement to rename Santo Domingo
for its re-creator, but President Tru
jillo checked the movement by a flat
How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo
Evening star. (1936). Washington, D.C., 1936-01-12. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1936-01-12/ed-1/?sp=5
ReferencesReferencias
Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1936-01-12.
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