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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 25, 195925 de enero de 1959 · Washington, D.C. · The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura

Evening star

SourceFuente: Evening star · Washington, D.C. · January 25, 195925 de enero de 1959
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1959-01-25/ed-1/?sp=6

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 Cuban military officer Major Jesús Sosa Blanco, condemned to death by the revolutionary government in Havana, fiercely denounced former President Fulgencio Batista for fleeing to the Dominican Republic. Sosa Blanco maintained his innocence of alleged war crimes and accused the exiled dictator of cowardice and betrayal.

El *Evening Star* informó que el oficial militar cubano, comandante Jesús Sosa Blanco, condenado a muerte por el gobierno revolucionario en La Habana, denunció con vehemencia al expresidente Fulgencio Batista por haber huido a la República Dominicana. Sosa Blanco mantuvo su inocencia frente a los presuntos crímenes de guerra de los que se le acusaba e increpó al dictador exiliado por su cobardía y traición.

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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.

president and his aides

used in their flight.

“Those planes belong to

Cuba," Mr. Agramonte said.

sons executed by the revolu

tionary regime on war crimes

i charges have had the privilege

s. of giving the order to fire, and

i it seemed likely his request

would be granted.

Dressed in blue denim jacket

and trousers, Maj. Sosa Blanco

stretched his arms through the

iron bars in the fortress over

looking Havana’s harbor and

tearfully clasped his wife and

kissed her repeatedly.

Declares His Innocence

i “I am innocent of all charges

i of assassination, robbery and

burning of homes which I am

1 accused," he told her.

Then after embracing his

twin daughters. Magdalena and

Missis, 12 and eldest child,

Amelita, 15, Maj. Sosa Blanco

denounced former President

Fulgencio Batista, who fled to

safety in the Dominican Re

public.

"Batista!” he exclaimed.

1 “Batista is the traitor pig and

'coward and the one guilty of

all.”

;j Tears slipped down his

cheeks and Maj. Sosa Elanco

forced a wan smile as he waved

farewell to his wife and chil

■|dren.

"Dont cry, don’t cry,” he

''called as they were led away.

Reds Gather

For Congress

MOSCOW, Jan. 24 (API.—

Communist delegations from

far-off nations began dropping

into Moscow today as the city

calmly prepared for the open

ing Tuesday of the Soviet Com

munist Party’s 21st Congress.

Berlin is the biggest single

political question on the;

agenda.

Premier Chou en-lal of Com-

munist China arrived by plane

—A Soviet TU-104 Jet—late inj

the day at the head of a five-;

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1959). Washington, D.C., 1959-01-25. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1959-01-25/ed-1/?sp=6

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1959-01-25.

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