Evening star
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1961-06-01/ed-1/?sp=3
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The *Evening Star* reported that Dominican exiles attempted to seize consulates in New York and San Juan following news of Rafael Trujillo's assassination, while neighboring Haiti placed its military on full alert and sealed the border. The report reviewed Trujillo's rise to power and noted that none of the estimated 5,200 American residents in the Dominican Republic were harmed.
El *Evening Star* informó que exiliados dominicanos intentaron tomar consulados en Nueva York y San Juan tras conocerse la noticia del asesinato de Rafael Trujillo, mientras el vecino Haití puso a sus fuerzas armadas en alerta máxima y clausuró la frontera. El despacho repasó el ascenso al poder de Trujillo y señaló que ninguno de los aproximadamente 5200 residentes estadounidenses en la República Dominicana resultó herido.
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Cuba’s Fidel Castro once
charged him with financing an
invasion to overthrow his re
gime but the two dictators were
reported lately to have been
drawn together by the United
States opposition to both of
them. For years Gen. Trujillo
enjoyed United States favor be
cause of the stability of his
regime and later because of
his strong antl-Communist
stand. But in recent years the
United States Government
bowed to the wave of anti
dictator sentiment in the
Americas.
5,200 Americans in Area
An estimated 5.200 American
citizens live in the Domincian
Republic. Even though the
United States broke off diplo
matic relations with the Tru
jillo regime, a consulate is
maintained there and reports
reaching Washington said no
Americans had been harmed as
a result of the assassination.
At the news of the assassina
tion, Dominican exiles tried to
invade their country's con- i
sulates in New York and San!
Juan and seize control. Police!
subdued them.
Neighboring Haiti, which
shares the island of Hispaniola,
tut its army on full alert and
closed its interior border. Rela
•tions have been bad between
the two neighbors since Do
minican forces in 1937 killed
several thousand Haitians in
an invasion.
Gen. Trujillo died as hej
-prophesied he would—still a,
•dictator. A little over a year;
?ago he told a reporter:
“You’ll know I’m retired
Zwhen you hear I'm dead.”
Z Called Self “Benefactor”
Z He rose fast from the rank
•of the national police to su-
Zpreme power after working as
a youth in a sugar mill and as
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Evening star. (1961). Washington, D.C., 1961-06-01. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1961-06-01/ed-1/?sp=3
ReferencesReferencias
Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1961-06-01.
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