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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
December 14, 194914 de diciembre de 1949 · Washington, D.C. · The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura

Evening star

SourceFuente: Evening star · Washington, D.C. · December 14, 194914 de diciembre de 1949
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1949-12-14/ed-1/?sp=2

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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The Evening Star reported that Dominican Foreign Minister Virgilio Diaz Ordonez defended President Rafael Trujillo's request for war powers, arguing that international peace bodies had failed to prevent aggression. Diaz Ordonez accused organizers in Cuba of preparing a new invasion with Cuban Red Cross assistance, an allegation the Cuban Red Cross denied. He reiterated that a previous failed invasion in June had received direct financial and military support from the governments of Cuba and Guatemala.

El *Evening Star* informó que el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores dominicano, Virgilio Díaz Ordóñez, defendió la solicitud de poderes de guerra del presidente Rafael Trujillo, argumentando que los organismos internacionales de paz no habían logrado impedir las agresiones. Díaz Ordóñez acusó a organizadores en Cuba de preparar una nueva invasión con la ayuda de la Cruz Roja Cubana, acusación que dicha entidad negó. Reiteró que una fallida invasión previa en junio había recibido apoyo financiero y militar directo de los gobiernos de Cuba y Guatemala.

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only have a provocative and non

beneflcial effect on the interna

tional relations of the Caribbean

area.”

World Peace Efforts Fail,

Dominican Minister Says

CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Domini

can Republic, Dec. 14 W.—For

eign Minister Virgilio Diaz Or

donez told reporters last night

that President Rafael Trujillo had

asked extraordinary war powers

from Congress because interna

tional peace organizations “have

not been effective.”

Mr. Diaz Ordonez repeated

Dominican charges that a new

revolutionary movement against

the Trujillo government was be

ing organized in Cuba “with re

sources from the Cuban Red

Cross.” The Red Cross in Cuba

has denied the accusations.

The Foreign Minister said an

abortive invasion of the Domin

ican Republic in June was or

ganized “in Cuba and Guatemala”

with “the aid and military and

financial assistanct of the govern

ments of those countries.”

Greece Releases 1,000

ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 14 (JP).—

War Minister Panayotis Kanel

lopoulos signed an order today re

leasing more than 1,000 detainees

at a reformation camp for Leftists

on the Island of Makronissos. The

Minister said the group will be

home for Christmas.

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25 feet below Eleventh Street Bridge S.E. The truck crashed through the guard rail (lying

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How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1949). Washington, D.C., 1949-12-14. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1949-12-14/ed-1/?sp=2

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