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"Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina October 24, 1891 – May 30, 1961"
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"Minerva Argentina Mirabal born March 12th 1926"(Mirabal Sisters of the Dominican Republic).
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He held the office of president from 1930 to 1938 and from 1942 to 1952.
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"General Rafael Trujillo (1891-1961) assumed control of the Dominican Republic in 1930." (history.com)
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"The ailing Vásquez, a victim of duplicity and betrayal,
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"In 1936... Congress voted overwhelmingly to change the name of the capital from Santo Domingo to Ciudad Trujillo." (wikipedia)
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"Trujillo ordered an attack on the border, slaughtering tens of thousands of Haitians as they tried to escape (wikipedia)
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"I don't know who talked papa into sending us away to school"(pg 11 In the Time of the Butterflies).
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"He held the office of president from 1930 to 1938 and from 1942 to 1952."
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"We would be sent along with a delegation from La Vega to the capital to perform the winning piece for Trujillo"(pg 26 In the Time of the Butterflies).
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"It turns out she and Elsa and Lourdes and Sinita have been going to some secret meetings over at Don Horacios House!"(pg 39 In the Time of the Butterflies)
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"Minerva graduated this last Sunday"(pg 42 In the Time of the Butterflies).
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"Minerva gets another great idea. Why not play volleyball, and then, when they are hot and sweaty, go jump in the lagoon."(pg 69 In the Time of the Butterflies)
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"One time, I stopped at the side of the road and stared at their Mirabal eyes."Who is your father?" I asked point blank" (pg 85 In the Time of the Butterflies)
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"I can see my hand in an endless slow motion rise... and come down on the astonished made up face."(Pg 100 In the Time of the Butterflies)
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"I can't believe she came to the funeral mass with her girls"(pg 118 In the Time of the Butterflies)
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"Mama says Minrva should be glad, since a rainy wedding is good luck"(pg 134, In the Time of the Butterflies)
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"the baby starts crying again."(pg 135 In the Time of the Butterflies)
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"what a shock, then, when Minerva got handed the law degree but not the license to practice"(pg 138 In the Time of the Butterflies)
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'then Minerva came to me with her six-month-old Manolito" (pg 155 In the Time of the Butterflies
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"They're expecting it thiis coming month," he whispered. "the invasion, yes!"(pg 156 In the Time of the Butterflies)
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"Minerva, they've taken Minerva." (pg 197 In the Time of the Butterflies)
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"Outraged OAS members voted unanimously to sever diplomatic relations with his government and impose economic sanctions on the Dominican Republic. "
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"it wasn’t until his failed assassination attempt on Venezuelan President Romulo Betancourt in 1960" (history.com)
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"we were released in august and put under house arrest." (pg 257 In the Time of the Butterflies)
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"Minerva Argentina Mirabal born March 12th 1926 to November 25th 1960"(Mirabal Sisters of the Dominican Republic).
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"The brutal murder on Friday, November 25, 1960, of the three Mirabal sisters, Patria, María Teresa and Minerva, who opposed Trujillo's dictatorship, further increased discontent with his repressive rule"
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"A year later, Trujillo was killed by a group of rebels determined to topple his regime."(history.com)
