|
|
| *Travel Tips>>>Dominican Republic Travel Tips |
What was the Domincan Republic like in the 1950's? |
Travel Info Help...school project Travel Tips World War II brought increased demand for Dominican exports, and the 1940s and early 1950s witnessed economic growth and considerable expansion of the national infrastructure. During this period, the newly-renamed Ciudad Trujillo was transformed from merely an administrative center to the national center of shipping and industry, although 'it was hardly coincidental that new roads often led to Trujillo's plantations and factories, and new harbors benefited Trujillo's shipping and export enterprises. Mismanagement and corruption resulted in major economic problems in the Dominican Republic. By the end of the 1950s, the economy was deteriorating due to a combination of overspending on a festival to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the regime, overspending to purchase privately owned sugar mills and electricity plants, and a decision to make a major investment in state sugar production that proved economically unsuccessful. In 1956, Trujillo's agents in New York murdered Jes煤s Mar铆a de Gal铆ndez, a Basque exile who had worked for Trujillo and later denounced his regime, causing public opinion in the United States to turn against him. In August 1960, the Organization of American States (OAS) imposed diplomatic sanctions against the Dominican Republic as a result of Trujillo's complicity in an attempt to assassinate President R贸mulo Betancourt of Venezuela. Fearing that Trujillo might unite the country against him and bring another communist revolution, the CIA helped a group of Dominican dissidents who assassinated Trujillo in a car chase on the way to his country villa near San Crist贸bal on May 30, 1961. The sanctions remained in force after Trujillo's assassination. His son, Ramfis Trujillo, assumed de facto control, but was deposed by his two uncles after a dispute over potential liberalization of the regime. In November 1961, the Trujillo family was forced into exile, fleeing to France, and vice-president Joaqu铆n Balaguer assumed power. Source(s): wikipedia.org Other Travel Tips I was born there in 51. Our parents had to make sure they taught us to say Papa Trujillo and "thank God, and Papa Trujillo" or they would be put in jail. Life was quiet, slow and the streets were clean. Dominicans had to behave themselves when they traveled out of the country or else. If it wasn't for all the innocent people that were killed under his regime, one could say that the Dominican Republic was better off! |
| Tags |
| Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Cuba Dominican Republic Jamaica Puerto Rico Trinidad & Tobago Turks & Caicos Virgin Islands |
Travel Info Categories--Copyright/IP Policy--Contact Webmaster |