Valentin Trujillo Gazcón (28 March 1951 – 4 May 2006) was a Mexican actor, writer and director. His career spanned 48 years, where he appeared in over 140 films and directed 20 films. Trujillo was ...
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo y Molina was born on 24 October 1891 in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic, [11] into a lower-middle class family. [12] His father was José Trujillo Valdez, the son of Silveria Valdez Méndez of colonial Dominican origin and José Trujillo Monagas, a Spaniard Canary Islander sergeant who arrived in Santo Domingo as a member of the Spanish reinforcement troops during ...
Rafael Trujillo (born , San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic—died , Ciudad Trujillo [now Santo Domingo]) was the dictator of the Dominican Republic from 1930 until his assassination in 1961. Trujillo entered the Dominican army in 1918 and was trained by U.S. Marines during the U.S. occupation (1916–24) of the country. He rose from lieutenant to commanding colonel ...
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina was the third of 11 children, born to working-class parents in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, on . After receiving an elementary education, he ...
General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo came to power in 1930 and established an oppressive dictatorship in the Dominican Republic that lasted…
Despite Trujillo's personal crusade for wealth, power and self-aggrandizement, some observers have claimed that his regime did accrue material benefits to the Dominican people. To this extent his rule has been described as "enlightened"; certainly, the façade of the Dominican Republic was a striking contrast next to neighboring Haiti and Cuba. As Trujillo's obituary in the London Times ...
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