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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
March 28, 194728 de marzo de 1947 · Pascagoula, Miss. · The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura

The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser

SourceFuente: The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser · Pascagoula, Miss. · March 28, 194728 de marzo de 1947
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87065528/1947-03-28/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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SummaryResumen

The Chronicle-Star Combined with the Moss Point Advertiser reported on political and economic tensions in Haiti as the government awaited an Export-Import Bank loan from the United States. Local factions criticized long-standing American financial controls dating to the 1922 occupation, while Argentina sought commercial influence by offering loans and exchanging ambassadors. The account highlighted geopolitical dynamics involving Haitian President Dumarsais Estime and Dominican President Rafael Trujillo on Hispaniola.

El *Chronicle-Star Combined with the Moss Point Advertiser* reseñó las tensiones políticas y financieras que sacudían a Haití mientras el ejecutivo esperaba el desembolso de un préstamo del Export-Import Bank de Estados Unidos. Diversos sectores locales impugnaban las ataduras fiscales estadounidenses que pervivían desde la ocupación de 1922, mientras la Argentina procuraba ganar ascendiente mercantil brindando créditos e intercambiando embajadores. La crónica puntualizó los equilibrios de poder que vinculaban en La Española al mandatario haitiano Dumarsais Estimé y al presidente dominicano Rafael Trujillo.

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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.

plication to »lhe Export-Import

Bank was made only on Feb. 20.

Normal time for "X-M” to inves

tigate a loan request is three or

four months.

An aggressive Communist front

which could not muster enough

strength to take command after

the revolution, is supporting

President Dumarsias Estime be

cause he is “a Democrat and a

man of the people."

United States delay in offering

a loan is but one of the arguments

upon which the Communists base

denunciation of the Good Neigh

bor policy as “the most cruel

policy" in the world.

In 1922. during the American

occupation, Haiti borrowed 22 mil

lion dollars from private United

States sources at 6 per cent in

terest. Communists, ns well as

men in the government, assert

that although Haiti has repaid 38

million dollars in principal and

interest, she still owes stven mil

lion dollars on that account. Haiti

also owes the U. S more than

seven million on later loans to

taling ten million.

Argentina Moving In

President Estime says Argen

tina and Haiti are to exchange

ambassadors shortly. That indi

cate* that President Juan Dom

ingo Peron of Argentina Is inter

ested. Other well-informed in

dividuals say that Argentina nas

offered a loan in furtherance of

commercial policy of that nation.

An Arptntine cruiser visited

Port au Prince, the Haitian capi

tal, recently. Even the sailors

who thronged shops, their hands

filled with U. S. dollar bills, prov

ed good ambassadors.

President Rafael Trujillo of the

Dominican Republic, which occu

pies the remaining two-thirds of

the Island of Hispaniola, has sent

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser. (1947). Pascagoula, Miss., 1947-03-28. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87065528/1947-03-28/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser, 1947-03-28.

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