Rafael Trujillo - Children, Facts & Death | HISTORY
WEBNov 9, 2009 · Rafael Trujillo (1891-1961) was a Dominican politician and general who ruled the Dominican Republic as dictator from 1930 until his assassination in May 1961. While in power, he led a...
Rafael Trujillo - Wikipedia
WEBRafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina (24 October 1891 – 30 May 1961), nicknamed El Jefe (Spanish: [el ˈxefe])), was a Dominican military commander and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until his assassination in May 1961.
Rafael Trujillo | dictator, dictator-for-life, military leader
WEBApr 12, 2024 · Rafael Trujillo 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 of the national police.
Rafael Trujillo - Death, Assassination & Spouse - Biography
WEBApr 2, 2014 · Dictator Rafael Trujillo became president of the Dominican Republic in 1930 through political maneuvering and torture. He officially held the office until 1938, when he chose a puppet successor...
Trujillo, Peru - Wikipedia
WEBTrujillo (Spanish: [tɾuˈxiʝo]; Quechua: Truhillu; Mochica: Cɥimor) is a city in coastal northwestern Peru and the capital of the Department of La Libertad. It is the third most populous city and center of the third most populous metropolitan area of Peru.
'I shot the cruellest dictator in the Americas' - BBC News
WEBMay 27, 2011 · Before his assassination on a dark highway on 30 May 1961, the Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo, ruled with an iron fist for almost 30 years. Tim Mansel meets one of the men who shot him....
How the Mirabal Sisters Helped Topple a Dictator | HISTORY
WEBMar 8, 2021 · Trujillo’s fearsome secret police rooted out dissenters, using tactics of intimidation, imprisonment, torture, kidnapping and rape of women, and murder.
Rafael Trujillo Biography - ThoughtCo
WEBAug 2, 2019 · Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina (October 24, 1891-May 30, 1961) was a military general who seized power in the Dominican Republic and ruled the island from 1930 to 1961. Known as the "Little Caesar of the Caribbean," he is remembered as one of the most brutal dictators in Latin America's history.
Trujillo | Colonial City, Historic Sites, Beaches | Britannica
WEBTrujillo, city, Peru, lying in the coastal desert, 343 miles (552 km) north-northwest of Lima. The second oldest Spanish city in Peru, Trujillo was founded in 1534 by Diego Almagro; the following year it was elevated to city status by the conquistador Francisco Pizarro, who named it after his.
Trujillo travel - Lonely Planet | Peru, South America
WEBStand in the right spot and the glamorous streets of old Trujillo look like they’ve barely changed in hundreds of years. Well, there are more honking taxis now, but the city still manages to put on a dashing show with its polychrome buildings and profusion of …
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