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October 14, 195114 de octubre de 1951 · Atlanta, Georgia · The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura

Atlanta daily world

SourceFuente: Atlanta daily world · Atlanta, Georgia · October 14, 195114 de octubre de 1951
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82015425/1951-10-14/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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SummaryResumen

The Atlanta Daily World reported that President Rafael Trujillo resumed direct control of the Dominican government after temporarily delegating executive authority to his brother, General Hector Bienvenido Trujillo, since February. The dispatch observed that Trujillo frequently rotated titular authority between himself and his brother without public explanation. It noted that the ruling Dominican Party had nominated Hector for the presidency in upcoming May elections, despite executive decisions remaining concentrated in Rafael's hands.

El *Atlanta Daily World* informó que el presidente Rafael Trujillo reasumió el control directo del gobierno dominicano tras haber delegado temporalmente el poder ejecutivo en su hermano, el general Héctor Bienvenido Trujillo, desde febrero. El despacho observaba que Trujillo alternaba con frecuencia la titularidad del mando con su hermano sin ofrecer explicaciones públicas. Señaló asimismo que el oficialista Partido Dominicano había postulado a Héctor a la presidencia para las elecciones venideras de mayo, aun cuando las decisiones ejecutivas seguían concentradas en manos de Rafael.

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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.

Dominicanßepubtic

CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Dominican

Fw public <ANP» The reins of

government which were turned over

to his brother; Gen. Hector Bien

venido Trujillo, last February 28,

ha.-, been- returned President Rafael

Leonidas Trujillo's control here

recently. No explanation had been

given at that time for the delega

tion of executive powers to his hro

ther. and none mhs given for his re

turn

Trujillo, ihe president, is the

White neai mulatto. Spanish speak

ing dictator of the island country.

He trades control back and forth

between his brother and himself.

Last July he announced he would

not be a candidate for reelection in

Muy. His Dominican party thereup

on nominated hijs brothers as its

candidate.

Approximately 9G per cent of the

people on the island, who have little

voice in governmental affairs, are

black

Negro Vote In

Miss. Poses Threat

To Politicians

BY JAMES B. LAFOURCHE

JACKSON, MiSS. (ANP)

Some dev the Negro voting poptiie.ee

<>l Mississippi going to awaken,

and there’ll be more Negroes in

congress than there were during Re

construction.

Reason for this prognosis are the

recent statistics made available to

Secretary of State Heber Ladner by

the United States census bureau.

The report, discloses thai 46 of the

states 82 counties have white ma

jorue s. with Negroes predominant

in 29 counties.

It is the Mississippi Delta where

the heaviest Negro population is to

hf h>u id auhe tim tiun har

always provided the lormer with

cheap labor, the mainstay of the

state’s agriculture economy.

White dominance holds sway in

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Atlanta daily world. (1951). Atlanta, Georgia, 1951-10-14. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82015425/1951-10-14/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Atlanta daily world, 1951-10-14.

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