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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
August 17, 195917 de agosto de 1959 · Key West, Fla. · The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura

The Key West citizen

SourceFuente: The Key West citizen · Key West, Fla. · August 17, 195917 de agosto de 1959
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016244/1959-08-17/ed-1/?sp=1

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 Key West Citizen* reported that Raúl Castro traveled to the Santiago foreign ministers conference carrying documents allegedly linking Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo to an anti-Castro conspiracy. Concurrently, delegates drafted compromise resolutions granting the Inter-American Peace Committee investigative powers over regional invasions while addressing demands from Cuba and Venezuela regarding human rights.

*The Key West Citizen* informó que Raúl Castro viajó a la conferencia de cancilleres de Santiago portando documentos que presuntamente vinculaban al dictador dominicano Rafael Trujillo con una conspiración contra Castro. Concomitantemente, los delegados redactaron resoluciones de compromiso otorgando a la Comisión Interamericana de Paz atribuciones investigativas sobre invasiones regionales, al tiempo que atendían las exigencias de Cuba y Venezuela en materia de derechos humanos.

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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.

brother Raul was due in Santiago

as the foreign ministers of Latin

America and the United States

argued final details of a com

promise plan to calm the Carib

bean.

The younger Castro’s impact on

the foreign ministers* talks—now

in their sixth day—was likely to

be light. It was not even certain

he would appear before the con

ference. However, it was under

stood in Havana that he was

bringing documents purporting to

link the Dominican Republic’s

dictator, Generalissimo Rafael

Trujillo, with the anti-Castro con

spiracy the Cuban regime says it

uncovered last week.

The foreign ministers mean

while hammered out agreement

on a set of resolutions being pre

sented to the conference’s general

committee’s findings will be re

would be signed at a final con

ference session Tuesday.

The key resolution would five

the already existing Inter-Amer*

ican Peace Committee of the Or

ganization of American States

temporary powers to study “meth

od« and procedures to prevent

activities originating abroad de

signed to overthrow constituted

governments.”

The aim is to prevent such

things as the invasion of Panama

last April by about 100 men, most

ly Cubans, recent invasions of

Nicaragua from Costa Rica and

Honduras, the Dominican cam

paign against Castro and Castro’s

against Trujillo.

The resolution balances this fire

prevention agency urged by the

United States with provisions to

meet demands by Cuba and Vene

zuela for emphasis on strict ob

servance of human rights and rep

resentative democracy and eco-

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The Key West citizen. (1959). Key West, Fla., 1959-08-17. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016244/1959-08-17/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Key West citizen, 1959-08-17.

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