Evening star
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1961-07-03/ed-1/?sp=21
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Following Trujillo's assassination on May 30, 1961, US papers covered Juan Bosch's brief presidency, the 1965 constitutionalist civil war, LBJ's deployment of 20,000 US troops, and the Balaguer era.Tras el ajusticiamiento de Trujillo en 1961, la prensa estadounidense cubrió la presidencia de Juan Bosch, la guerra civil de 1965 y el desembarco de 20,000 soldados estadounidenses.
More on The Trujillo EraMás sobre La era de Trujillo
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SummaryResumen
The *Evening Star* reported that Dominican cabinet members offered their collective resignations to give President Joaquín Balaguer full freedom to reorganize the government. The sole holdover was newly appointed Defense Minister Santos Mélido Marte, who succeeded Major General José René Román following the latter's arrest for complicity in Rafael Trujillo's assassination.
El *Evening Star* informó que los integrantes del gabinete dominicano presentaron sus renuncias colectivas para otorgar al presidente Joaquín Balaguer plena libertad de reorganizar el gobierno. El único miembro confirmado en funciones fue el recién nombrado ministro de Defensa Santos Mélido Marte, quien sucedió al mayor general José René Román tras el arresto de este último por complicidad en el magnicidio de Rafael Trujillo.
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sor-diplomat turned politician.
The Defense Minister, Maj.
Gen. Santos Melido Marte, who
was named after Gen. Trujillo's
assassination May 30. was the
only cabinet minister not to
resign. He had replaced Maj.
Gen. Jose Rene Fernandez, who
is awaiting sentence for plotting
the Trujollo assassination.
Mr. Balaguer did not indi
cate immediately whether he
would accept any or all of the
resignations.
i Many of the cabinet mem
bers were holdovers from the
government of Gen. Trujillo's
brother Hector, who resigned
the presidency nearly a year
ago. ostensibly on account of.
his health. The best known is*
Porfirio Herrara Baez, who had I
been Foreign Minister for four
years.
The ministers said in a jointl
letter to the President that\
they wanted to give him a free
hand to name a new cabinet if
he deemed it “convenient in
the present circumstances in,
which it is more than ever'
necessary to put into practice
the thoughts” of Trujillo.
I The slain dictator's son, Gen
Rafael Trujillo, jr„ remained
the strongman in the govern
ment as commander of the
armed forces.
Humphrey
Sets Hearing
On Defenses'
By the Associated Press
Senator Humphrey, Demo-,
crat of Minnesota, says that un
til recently the United States
Army "had only 1,500 troops*
trained in guerrilla tactics al
though the Reds have been
training hundreds of thousands
of them for the past 20 years.”
The Senate Democratic whip
cited this as an example of a
need for long-range defense
planning as he announced pub
lic hearings on this issue July
How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo
Evening star. (1961). Washington, D.C., 1961-07-03. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1961-07-03/ed-1/?sp=21
ReferencesReferencias
Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1961-07-03.
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