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he was born in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic on the 24th of October 1891
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The stock market crashes, which marks the beginning of the great depression in America
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Trujillo's reign begins
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this was fairly redundant because after he was sworn in the country became a one party state
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The name of Santo Domingo is changed to Ciudad Trujillo
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The Border between Hati and the Dominican Republic is officially established
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It was a government sponsered genocide of all the Hatian's who lived in the Dominican Republic, under direct order from Trujillo
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Minerva and Patria go to Catholic school. When there Minerva befriends a girl named Sinita. Sinita tells Minerva about how Trujillo killed five of her uncles, her father, and her brother. After this conversation Minerva began to realize that Trujillo wasn't so perfect
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Jacinto Peynado succeeds Trujillo as President of the Dominican Republic
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One of the largest wars in history begins, the war many consider to be the last just war
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Lina went to school with Minerva, she was taken in by Trujillo, he had a giant 17th birthday party for her, and then invited her to quit school and becom one of his girlfriends, but she got pregnant which angered Trujillos wife, Trujillo's wife tried to kill Lina so she had to flee to Miami
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He does this after F.D.R. runs for his third term as President of the United states
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Their father predicts that Dede will be rich, he also predicts that Maria Teresa will be very attractive, after he makse these fortunes his wife and Patria tell him that fortunes are for those without faith, Moinerva and Maria Teresa defend their father, then they speak about ow Marai Teresa and Minerva want to b lawyers, Mama says that skirts in law are just what they need sarcastically. Papa retorts by saying " You and Trujillo both" after that comment they hurry inside out of fear of spies
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After the Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki the Japanese surrender and the second world war is completely over
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Maria Teresa begins going to catholic school. Minerva gives her a diary to write down her thoughts, and reflect on them, she gave it to her for her first communion
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Instead she drops out and helps around the house with her parents and prepares to marry perdito
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Patria has a stillborn child. This has a deep and traumatic affect on her psyche. It causes her to be depressed for a great while and to temporarily lose her faith
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Maria Teresa didnt approve of Hilda, she was a raicle and she thought that Hilda was rude. Later Minerva tells Maria that Hilda wss at inmaculada to hide from the governent. This friendship led Minerva even farther down the path against the government of the Dominican, it is also the reason Maria stopped writing, her diary mentioned Hilda, and to avoid and problems with the government she ad to bury things that held ties to Hilda
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Jamito who is in love with Dede asks Minerva if Lio is asking her to leave the country with him. Lio is being exiled due to his "crimes" against the state. Minerva tells him that he hasn't
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She finds letters from lio to her, she reads them finds his invitation to go into exile with him, after the fourth letter Lio realizes and accepts that his proposal has been denied. Minerva feels like she missed out on a noble life with Lio. She becomes angry with her father and finds Papa at his mistresses house. when he returns they have a confrontation, after which she realizes her father is weak and needs the families love
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Papa is invited to a party put on by Trujillo, and Minerva and the sisters are also specifically invited. During the party Trujillo forces Minerva to dance with him. While they are dancing he approches her in a sexual and vulgar way so she slaps him, he seems to brush it off at the time, but this even will comeback to haunt minerva in the future
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North Korea invades South Korea, the UN retaliates and joins the South Korean side, China joins the North Korean side and Russia begins supporting the North Koreas as well
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He left due to extreme amounts of pressure from the U.S government
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The Americans and Chinese pull out, the border is redefined and the Demilliterized zone is created
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Maria Teresa is angry the whole funeral because Minerva invited Papa's mistress and his illegitimate daughters, after this she declares she hates all men, but she still mourns her father through writing, and has nightmares about her weddingdress in her father's coffin
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Johnny Abbes oversees the formation of SIM, the main way Trujillo controlled the dominican population late in his reign
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Leandro and Maria met while Maria was working for the underground movement, he would bring deliveries to Maria and her roommate Sonia and they would deal with the packages. Maria and Leandro took a liking to each other over time and got married
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This year Maria, Minerva, and Patira all have babies Maria had a baby named Jacqueline,M inerva's was named Manolto and Patria named her child Raul Ernesto, after two Cuban Revolutionaries
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The Mission of this group is to effect an internal revolution rather than wait for an outside rescue. It is based out of Patria's house for a while before being moved to her mother's home
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Leandro Pedrito and Nelson are arrested
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Due to the impending invasion and the weaking state of the country Trujillo declares a national state of emergency
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The exiled dominicans return and try to invade and usurp Trujillo but are defeated
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Due to the arguing they have been having and with trujillo arresting their loved ones they go away to rekindle their love and to avoid trouble
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Many catholic churches have begun to speak out against Trujillo, because of this SIM begin sending spies to churches, and destroying their property
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She is put in prison by trujillo, she writes in a notebook smuggled into the prison for her, it was smuggled in by Santiclo Carmen's cousin
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When Patira and the others go to the capital she meets trujillo, and he sets his eyes on her
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Trujillo wants Leandro to do a job for him, he refuses so Maria Teresa is brough to La 40 and beaten in front of him, after this event he agrees to do what Trujillo wants
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He is assasinated in Santo Domingo
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The woman who interviewd her asked Dede to tell her the story of how her sisters lives were ended in its entirety
