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During this time,Trujillo ruled the Dominican Repulic before he was assasinatied.
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British East Indies Viceroy Willingdon arrested Gandhi & Nehru.
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Trujillo created the nation's first national park. He banned the slash and burn method of clearing land for agriculture. He greatly expanded the Vedado del Yaque which is a nature reserve aroud the Yaque de Sur River.
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Trujillo promoted himself to generalissimo of the army and was up for re-election. There was no organized opposition in the country and he was elected as the sole candidate on the ballot.
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Santo Domingo's name was changed by Trujillo to "Ciudad Trujillo".
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There were thousands of Haitain immigants that were massacred in the Dominican Republic under the dictator Trujillo. An estimated 30,000 Haitians and black Dominicans were rounded up and executed.
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Trujillo declared that Haiti was harboring his former Dominican opponents. Therefore, he made the Dominican Pary the nation's sole legal polictical pary but the country had efectively neen a one-party state since trujillo's swear in.
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Italian regime bans marriages between Italians & Abyssinians.
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All of the Mirabal sisters, except Mate, go to Inmaculada Conceptcion, a boarding school. They meet Sinita, a girl who runs into lots of trouble and they learn about Trujillo's bad ways.
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Trujillo donated 26,000 acress of his properties for settlements due to an angreement that was signed that said the country was willing to accept many jews and offer to accept up to 100,000 refugess on generous terms.
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Apart of World War II, Soviets bomb cities in Finland.
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Minerva Bernardino led a fight for expanded rights in the new constitution.
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Minerva performs for the indepence day celebration and sees Trujillo. Sinita tries to kill Trujillo with a bow and arrow during the performace. From here on out, Minerva can't stand Trujillo.
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Maria Theresa gets her first diary from Minerva. She starts to record her thoughts.
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Mate had to bury her diary because she had mentioned Hilda in it. She learns that her country wasn't as safe as she thought it was and that Trujillo wasn't the same either. Her eyes slowly because open.
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Patria, Mama, and some others go on a religious pilgrimage to the Capital, Higuey. Soon her faith is restored.
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Patria loses her baby at birth. This causes her to lose her faith and also to start realizing more about Trujillo.
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Juan Bosch worked as a personal secretary to Cuba's President Carlos Prio Socarras. He participated in the ill-fated attempt to organize an anti-trujillo invasion.
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Jamito proposes to Dede. Meanwhile, Lio was hiding in the back of the car.
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Minerva sees four girls at a yellow house that have the same eyes as her father. She realizes her father had an affair and she has four other sisters she wasn't aware of. When she confronts her father about it, he slaps her.
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Minerva and her family go to Trujillo's Party. She dances with Trujillo and brings up the fact the she wants to become a lawyer. By accident she slips about knowing Lio and Trujillo becomes sexually aggressive with her. To get him away, Minerva slaps him.
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Papa died soon after the heartattack. At this time, Mate was 18 and she has a really hard time dealing with his death. At his funeral, she learns about his second family and she feels very shameful.
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A new rule made by Trujillo ordered every household to hang a plaque that read "In this house, Trujillo is chief."
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Pakistan signs the Pact of Baghdad.
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The US performs a nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site.
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Mate meets Leandro, a guy who was delivering ammuntion to Minerva and her husband. They fall in love and eventually he proposes to her.
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Patria become pregant again with another son. She names him Raul Ernesto. She turns to church for a lot of guidence.
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Trujillo breaks relations with Cuba not long after Castro took power.
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While on a retreat, Patria experiences a church in Constanza getting bombed. She also sees a young boy get shot. It reminds her of her own son.
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The sisters ask Dede if they can bury boxes on her land but Jamito says no. Later, Dede plans to leave Jamito. She listens to Lio on the underground radio.
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The SIMs come for the family. They arrest Leandro, Nelson, Pedrito, Manolo, Mate, and Minerva.Nelson and Pedrito's house is ransacked and burned.
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Captain Pena pays a visit and tells Patria that the SIM made her husband an offer. He would get his freedom and farm back if he divorced Patria, but Pedrito refused.
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Nelson is released and returns home but Pedrito didn't return.
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Dede sells life-insurance. All of her dead sisters are national celebreities and she waits for a reporter
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By now, Dede is 69 years old. She takes care of the family property with the help of servants. People come often through the house and museum dedicate to the family.
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Dede lives with guilt and sadness. She has all the memories of the revolution with her.
