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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
January 22, 195022 de enero de 1950 · Washington, D.C. · The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura

Evening star

SourceFuente: Evening star · Washington, D.C. · January 22, 195022 de enero de 1950
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1950-01-22/ed-1/?sp=27

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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SummaryResumen

The Evening Star reported that an OAS five-nation fact-finding committee departed Washington to conduct on-site investigations in Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala. The inquiry aimed to defuse regional crises ignited by Rafael Trujillo's war-power request and a reported conspiracy to assassinate Haitian President Dumarsais Estime. The investigating mission comprised delegates from the United States, Uruguay, Colombia, Bolivia, and Ecuador operating under the Rio Treaty.

El *Evening Star* informó que una comisión investigadora de la OEA integrada por cinco naciones partió de Washington para realizar indagaciones in situ en Haití, Cuba, la República Dominicana y Guatemala. Las pesquisas buscaban desactivar las crisis regionales encendidas por la solicitud de poderes de guerra de Rafael Trujillo y una supuesta conspiración para asesinar al presidente haitiano Dumarsais Estimé. La misión investigadora estaba compuesta por delegados de Estados Unidos, Uruguay, Colombia, Bolivia y Ecuador que operaban al amparo del Tratado de Río.

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.

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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.

authorized inter-American pacts.”

The five nation fact finding

committee was scheduled to leave

National Airport today for on-the

spot investigations in Haiti, which

has been feuding with the Do

minican Republic; Cuba, which

also has been involved in charges

and counter-charges hurled across

the Caribbean; the Dominican Re

public, which is decidely at odds

with the other two countries, and

finally, Guatemala.

The current feuding stems from

action in December of the Dom

inican congress granting Gen.

Trujillo special powers to de

clare war on any country harbor

ing plotters suspected of conspir

ing against the republic. The

powers, requested by Gen. Tru

jillo, came after he charged that:

new preparations were under way

in Cuba for an invasion of his

country. Cuba denied the allega- j

tions.

Rio Treaty Invoked.

On December 19, Haiti an- j

nounced it had broken up a plot

aimed at assassinating President

Dumarsais Estime and other offi

cials. The Haitians said the plot

Included an invasion of Haiti by

the Dominican Republic.

As charges mounted between!

the two countries, the council of i

the Organization of American1

States invoked the Rio treaty, a

Latin American mutual defense

pact similar to the North Atlantic

Pact, and decided to get to the!

bottom of the feuding in the!

Caribbean.

The fact-finding group is made

up of representatives from the

United States, Uruguay, Colombia,!

Bolivia and Ecuador.

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How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1950). Washington, D.C., 1950-01-22. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1950-01-22/ed-1/?sp=27

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1950-01-22.

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