President Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic makes a speech warning his people against communism.
(Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
December 1, 1955 Large photo-mural of dictator Rafael L. Trujillo Sr. at local fair.
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October 1, 1961 Rafael Trujillo Jr., Trujillo’s son, during a press conference.
(Photo by Robert W. Kelley/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
Angelita, Trujillo’s daughter, honored at International Fair
At the Free World's Fair of Peace and Confraternity, Angelita Trujillo, daughter of dictator Rafael Trujillo, and her escort, Luis Jose Leon Estevez stand at attention during an unidentified event at the fair, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, December 20, 1955.
The couple is surrounded by various ladies in waiting.
(Photo by Leonard McCombe/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)
General Rafael Trujillo, Jr., son of the president of the Dominican Republic, with American actress Kim Novak on their arrival at Union Station, Los Angeles, California.
A celebration in praise of President Rafael L. Trujillo Sr.
(Photo by Joseph Scherschel/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
A celebration in praise of Rafael L. Trujillo Sr.
(Photo by Joseph Scherschel/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
US Senator Theodore F. Green (R) talking to dictator Rafael L. Trujillo.
(Photo by Thomas D. Mcavoy/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
circa 1955: Rafael Trujillo, dictator of Dominican Republic from 1931-61, smiles as he is hugged by the elderly mother of a son who was released from prison on his orders.
December 1, 1955 Statue of Dominican Republic dictator Rafael L. Trujillo Sr.
(Photo by Leonard Mccombe/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina 1891-1961 , dictator of the Dominican Republic,1930-1961
Assassination attempt on Trujillo May 30, 1961
His bullet-riddled car June 5, 1961
Funeral of Rafael L. Trujillo, Sr.
June 1, 1961 (Photo by Bob Henriques/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)
Press is Shown Bodies of Trujillo Assassins
(Original Caption) June 5, 1961: Cuidad Trujillo, Dominican Republic Newsmen are shown bodies of Antonio de la Maza Vasquez (rear) and Juan Thomas Diaz, assassins of Rafael Trujillo, who were killed late June 4 while resisting arrest.
Man Holding Portrait of Trujillo, November 23, 1961
(Original Caption) Change Name of Capital. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: A portrait of Rafael Trujillo, altered to give the late dictator a satanic appearance, is carried through the streets of this capital city by demonstrators, November 23. The Dominican congress passed a law, November 23, changing the name of Ciudad Trujillo back to Santo Domingo, the name the city sas known by from the time of Columbus until the Trujillo regime changed it in 1936.
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no really
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Based this image, we can assume Trujillo has so much power in Haiti.
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he is nice because he is hugging his elders
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likes to talk go the senator theodore f green
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how did Getty imagines retrieve this picture
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Those were the 2 people Trujillo killed.
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it looks like he’s giving speech and they all looking at him.
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This makes me think he is good at improvising, or ad-lib.
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I agree with what you said
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he is giving a speech
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give more info and summary of the picture buddy _
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This makes me think that some or most of the people were agree with what he was doing.
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because many people didn’t like him because the ways he treated people.
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i think if i was ever alive at that point i wouldn’t have gave him any respect just bc some people say some words differently dont mean they gotta be treated differently
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do your work
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I think Trujillo was controlling everything that could support his family.
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this trujillo son
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lol thats good
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i wonder if trujillo was getting married >
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This makes me think that he was just using her because she was a movie star.
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This makes me think that they feel grateful for all good things he did like building schools.
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This makes me think that people liked trujillo because they have posters of letters. So the girls are giving him a welcome because trujillo is President.
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Maybe they were scared of Trujillo.
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they from france and they showing ppl that they from france
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I think that the people in the picture celebrating the Dominican Republic day or they are happy he is president.
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well i think his mom didn’t see him for a minute. thats y she was hugging him.
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same
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I wonder why they was trying to kill him?
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i think he got got shoot up like grttttttt and its bad
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That’s maybe the reason why people assassinated Trujillo.
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trujillo died so people are holding his coffin because he was important and he was a president in the dominican republic.
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This make me think that people were scared of him.
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