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  • NAME: Rafael Trujillo
  • OCCUPATION: War Criminal, Dictator, World Leader
  • BIRTH DATE: October 24, 1891
  • DEATH DATE: May 30, 1961
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Cuidad Trujillo, Dominican Republic
  • AKA: Rafael Trujillo
  • Nickname: Generalissimo
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Rafael Trujillo was the dictator of the Dominican Republic for a total 30 years which are considered to be the bloodiest era ever in the nation.

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Rafael Trujillo was the dictator of the Dominican Republic for a total 30 years which are considered to be the bloodiest era ever in the nation. He served officially as the president, but exercised absolute control over every aspect of the country. He encouraged anti-Hatian prejudice and in 1937 ordered the massacre of thousands of Haitian migrants, an incident later dubbed the Parsley Massacre.

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