1820–1984 · Library of CongressBiblioteca del Congreso · Chronicling America

US/DR Newspaper Timeline

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
January 31, 195431 de enero de 1954 · Washington, D.C. · The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura

Evening star

SourceFuente: Evening star · Washington, D.C. · January 31, 195431 de enero de 1954
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1954-01-31/ed-1/?sp=14

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.

← Earlier articleArtículo anterior: Evening star · December 31, 195331 de diciembre de 1953Later articleArtículo siguiente: Minneapolis spokesman · February 12, 195412 de febrero de 1954 →

More on The Trujillo EraMás sobre La era de Trujillo

SummaryResumen

The Evening Star reported international reactions to Guatemalan accusations alleging a foreign conspiracy against President Jacobo Arbenz's government. The Dominican Foreign Ministry dismissed the charges as communist fabrications, denying any involvement with Guatemala or the Arbenz regime. Other accused figures, including Nicaraguan Colonel Anastasio Somoza Debayle and General Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes, ridiculed the conspiracy claims, while Panama dismissed an attache named in the Guatemalan communique.

El *Evening Star* informó sobre las reacciones internacionales ante las acusaciones guatemaltecas que alegaban una conspiración extranjera contra el gobierno del presidente Jacobo Árbenz. El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores dominicano desestimó las acusaciones considerándolas invenciones comunistas y negó cualquier vínculo con Guatemala o con el régimen de Árbenz. Otras figuras señaladas, como el coronel nicaragüense Anastasio Somoza Debayle y el general Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, ridiculizaron las denuncias de conspiración, mientras que Panamá destituyó a un agregado mencionado en el comunicado guatemalteco.

Where this standsEn qué punto está

The full text of this article is still being prepared. Until it is ready, this page carries a summary, the passage found on the page, and the link to the original, which is always one click away.El texto completo de este artículo aún se está preparando. Hasta que esté listo, esta página lleva un resumen, el pasaje encontrado en la página y el enlace al original, que siempre está a un clic.

From the original pageDe la página original

The passage where this article was found, copied from the newspaper page itself, reading errors and all. This is exactly what the summary above is based on.El pasaje donde se encontró este artículo, copiado de la propia página del periódico, con sus errores de lectura y todo. Esto es exactamente aquello en lo que se basa el resumen de arriba.

Without elaborating, the United

States statement said the recent

shift of Guillermo Toriello,

Guatemalan Ambassador to the

United States, who went home to

become foreign minister may be

linked with the developments.

Retorts From Other Quarters.

The charges also brought re

torts from other quarters:

Ciudad Trujillo Dominican

foreign office: “The invention

of those who profess the ideas of

atheistic Communism. The Do

minican Republic has no link

with Guatemala “either as i

friends or enemies of the Com- I

munist government of Arbenz.” t

San Salvador Gen. Miguel

Ydigoras Fuentes, an opponent

of Mr. Arbenz in the 1950 presi

dential race, accused of being a

ring leader in the plot: "Absurd” 1

—a stupid mvention by the re

gime in power.”

Kansas City, Mo.; Col. Anas

tasio Somoza Debayle, son of

Nicaragua's president, and also

labelled a ring leader: The Gua

temalans “are just seeing

monkeys in the air.”

Hamburg, Germany—H. F.

Cordes Co., accused of sending i

arms to Somoza Debayle: "Never j

traded with any plotters. Only

Guatemalan who received goods

from us was the Arbenz regime

itself.”

However, one Latin American j

diplomat named by Guatemala i

lost his job. Panama’s govern-

ment announced it had ftred

Jorge Isaac Delgado as commer

cial attache in the Panamanian

Embassy in Managua. He was

mentioned In the Guatemalan

communique as contact man be

tween President Somoza and

Guatemalan exiles.

The Panamanian foreign min- j

istry announced yesterday it j

would investigate the Guatema- j

lan charges and disclosed that i

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1954). Washington, D.C., 1954-01-31. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1954-01-31/ed-1/?sp=14

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1954-01-31.

Send an observationEnviar una observación

Does this article connect with your family, your town, or something you know? Did we get something wrong? Write to us. Observations go to the editor's inbox and are read by a person.¿Este artículo conecta con su familia, su pueblo o algo que usted conoce? ¿Nos equivocamos en algo? Escríbanos. Las observaciones llegan al buzón del editor y las lee una persona.

Send observationEnviar observación