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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
July 17, 195917 de julio de 1959 · Washington, D.C. · The Trujillo Era & DictatorshipLa Era de Trujillo y la Dictadura

Evening star

SourceFuente: Evening star · Washington, D.C. · July 17, 195917 de julio de 1959
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1959-07-17/ed-1/?sp=6

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 *Evening Star* reported that Cuban Foreign Minister Raúl Roa accused three U.S. senators of collaborating to assist Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo and other opponents of Fidel Castro. Roa alleged that Senators Ellender, Eastland, and Capehart sought to undermine Cuba by attempting to reduce its sugar quota in the American market.

El *Evening Star* informó que el canciller cubano Raúl Roa acusó a tres senadores estadounidenses de confabularse para ayudar al dictador dominicano Rafael Trujillo y a otros adversarios de Fidel Castro. Roa afirmó que los senadores Ellender, Eastland y Capehart intentaban socavar a Cuba procurando reducir su cuota azucarera en el mercado estadounidense.

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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.

Mr. Roa spoke a few hours

after returning from Wash

ington, where he represented

Cuba before the Council of the

Organization of American 1

States. He cleared the United 1

States State Department of any

link with the alleged plot. He

named as a ringleader Emilio

Nunez Portuondo, Cuban Am

bassador to the United Nations

during the regime of Dictator

Fulgencio Batista.

Mr. Roa also told a television

audience he believes that three

United States Senators—Ellen

der, Democrat of Louisiana:

Eastland, Democrat of Missis

sippi and Capehart, Republi

can of Indiana—are working

together to help Dictator Ra

fael L. Trujillo of the Domini

can Republic and other foes of

Mr. Castro by reducing the

quota of sugar Cuba can sell

in the United States.

Senate Inquiry Cited

The Cuban Foreign Minister

declared there was a direct

connection between the alleged

LABOR

Continued From First Page

that union members cannot be

fired for crossing picket lines

of a primary employer.

Amendment Approved

It approved a pre-hire

amendment to the Taft-Hartley

Labor Act, desired both by

management and labor, which

would permit building contrac

tors to enter into agreements

with the building trades unions

without first going through a

representation election.

The committee killed a Re

pub 1 i can-backed amendment

which would have limited this

provision to building trades

gaining agreements.

The committee also defeated

an amendment by Representa

tive Powell, Democrat of New

York, to subject unions to a

civil rights prohibition against

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1959). Washington, D.C., 1959-07-17. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1959-07-17/ed-1/?sp=6

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1959-07-17.

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