The Meeting Place in Puerto Plata hosted last month a fascinating discussion, led by someone who lived through that era, about the dictator Trujillo. To follow this up we take on his successor Joaquin Belaguer who over a 30 year period went from being Trujillo's puppet president to the dominant figure in the DR's emerging democracy. We will watch excerpts from VIOLENCE AND POWER, by noted documentary film-maker Rene Fortunado, which portrays Balaguer as ruthless and Machiavelian. But many say that what he did was necessary to bring stability and make democracy possible. How should we judge him today? What traces of his rule to find in today's politics? Join Hector Jerez, Arturo Torres and other informed observers and express your opinion. Saturday Feb. 9 at 3 pm at The Meeting Place, calle Juan Bosch #60, Puerto Plata 809 262 7393.
- Thread starter umeafdb
- Start date
What happened after Trujillo?
After Trujillo, the USA got rid of democratically elected Bosch in a coup. The best and the brightest were either jailed or butchered and the conservative elite ruled as they wished. We are still living with the effects of that USA sponsored coup.
So it often goes. No single man was more influential in ousting Saddam than Ahmed Chalabi. Very shady character he turned out to be.