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SPANISH - AP (Heroes or Villans): Rafael Leónidas Trujillo (República Dominicana)

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Rafael Leónidas Trujillo - Dictator of the Dominican Republic

Rafael Leonidas Trujillo (1891 - 1961)

Dictator of the Dominican Republic 

Who Was Rafael Leónidas Trujillo?

Benedict Library Database Resources

Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Images

Rafael Trujillo

Historic World Leaders, edited by Anne Commire, Gale, 1994. Gale In Context: Biography.

Rafael Leónidas Trujillo

Dictionary of Hispanic Biography, Gale, 1996. Gale In Context: Biography.

The Forgotten Parsley Massacre Still Plagues Dominican-Haitian Relations

Weekend All Things Considered, 22 Oct. 2017. Gale In Context: Biography.

The Militarisation of Culture in the Dominican Republic, from the Captains General to General Trujillo

Wilson, Andrew G. "The Militarisation of Culture in the Dominican Republic, from the Captains General to General Trujillo." The Journal of Military History, vol. 71, no. 1, 2007, pp. 278-279. ProQuest; eLibrary.

Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina

Hardy, Osgood. “Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina.” Pacific Historical Review, vol. 15, no. 4, 1946, pp. 409–16. JSTOR.

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