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Trujillo era

The longest dictatorship of the 20th century in Latin America.

The longest dictatorship of the 20th century in Latin America.

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MMRD-FOTO-1962-088
Photo · La Cuarenta
1962
Photograph
MMRD-PER-1959-021
El Caribe · June 18, 1959
June 18, 1959
Newspaper
MMRD-MNS-1959-014
Butterflies · Letter from Minerva Mirabal to Manolo Tavárez
June 8, 1959
Manuscript
Oral histories

Chana Díaz Hernández

La Cuarenta · survivor
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