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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
June 9, 19579 de junio de 1957 · Miami, Fla.;Miami Springs, Fla. · The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura

Diario las Américas

SourceFuente: Diario las Américas · Miami, Fla.;Miami Springs, Fla. · June 9, 19579 de junio de 1957
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82001257/1957-06-09/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.

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SummaryResumen

*Diario Las Américas* reported that Representative Charles O. Porter criticized U.S. policy toward Latin American dictators during a visit to Puerto Rico and pledged to continue investigating the disappearance of pilot Gerald Murphy. Porter dismissed claims by Dominican official Arturo Espaillat and noted that adverse publicity surrounding the Murphy and Galíndez cases had severely depressed Dominican hotel occupancy.

El *Diario Las Américas* informó que el congresista Charles O. Porter censuró la política de Estados Unidos hacia los dictadores latinoamericanos durante una visita a Puerto Rico y se comprometió a continuar investigando la desaparición del piloto Gerald Murphy. Porter desestimó las declaraciones del funcionario dominicano Arturo Espaillat y señaló que la publicidad adversa en torno a los casos de Murphy y Galíndez había desplomado drásticamente la ocupación hotelera dominicana.

A note: the passage found for this article seems to run into the item beside it on the page, so read this summary as a first pass until the article itself is ready.Una nota: el pasaje encontrado para este artículo parece mezclarse con el texto vecino en la página, así que lea este resumen como una primera versión hasta que el artículo mismo esté listo.

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.

plentiful for the oppressed.”

“Puerto Rico has shown its faith

in the democratic process” he said,

and added that Puerto Rico is

proof that gentle dictatorships are

not the answer to the Latin Ame

rican stability problem.

Porter declared, upon his ar

rival here, that the main purpose

of his visit is to continue the cri

ticism campaign to the present

United States policy in regard to

the Latin American dictators and

to continue his investigations in

the case of his countryman ,flyer

Gerald Murphy.

The legislator laughed at the af

firmation made by Arturo Espai

llat, Secretary of State without

port-folio of the Dominican Repub

lic that, while he was Dominican

Consul General in New York, he

offered to forfeit his diplomatic

immunity to depose in the case of

Jesus Galindez.

“I know that the U. S. Govern

ment he said has a good

case against Espaillat.”

Referring to the report that the

Dominican Republic hotels only

have 20 per cent of their rooms

occupied by guests, presumed con

secuence of the unfavorable publi

city caused by the Galindez and

Murphy cases, Porter, smiling, said:

“We do not send the “Marine

Corps,” anymore. What we do now

is not to send tourists.”

The Congressman will give two

Conferences and return to Wash

ington after.

poned.

The agreement provides for a

minimum exchange of $250,000

worth of goods each way. Addi

tional Uruguayan products desired

by the Communists of China could

be purchased with British, Swiss

or Dutch currency.

STRIKE AGAINST U. S.

FIRM IN ARGENTINA

BUENOS AIRES (UP)— The

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Diario las Américas. (1957). Miami, Fla.;Miami Springs, Fla., 1957-06-09. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82001257/1957-06-09/ed-1/?sp=14

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Diario las Américas, 1957-06-09.

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