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Laura, Caroline, Patrick, Adam

__**Day 2**__
 * theme of magic vs. religion
 * Fela - mysterious, like Othello's moorish side (black magic/ fortune teller)
 * Maria Teresa's journal entries
 * big spaces
 * matured a lot more based on entries - dear little book vs. date for heading
 * Maria Teresa talks about hating men until meets Leandro
 * has to get over father's death before she can love again p.130
 * love at first sight
 * only joins revolution because of Leandro
 * wants to be treated like an adult
 * dream with coffin (p.133) - not over Papa
 * p.142 - understands how love works
 * would love him even if he was married, just like Papa did - realizes that love isn't simple
 * raising children very differently to how they were raised
 * conscious choice or circumstances?
 * Trujillo at party doesn't seem like a bad guy - he always supported women's rights
 * facade
 * How does Fidel Castro and Cuba tie in to the Dominican Republic?
 * revolution in Cuba inspires people in Dominican Republic
 * Patria's epiphany on mountain
 * never for revolting until she sees boy who looks like her son p.162
 * like scene when she sees Virgincita in all of the poor people
 * regime blocking out god from everyone p.162
 * like Trujillo blocking the face of god (similar to when their faces merged earlier)
 * Trujillo trying to portray himself as god, like anti-christ - ultimately bad
 * Church acting independently
 * Trujillo convinced himself that he really is that important
 * show with Minerva and friends at beginning, Ramfis sacrifices himself for Trujillo just like Jesus

(Laura) The Mirabal Sisters:
 * grew up in Salcedo
 * Minerva, Patria, and Maria Teresa killed for trying to overthrow government
 * Belgica (Dede) survived
 * now lives in Salcedo tending to museum honoring sisters
 * grew up in Ojo de Agua
 * Patria
 * born February 27, 1924
 * name means “Fatherland”
 * went to Colegio Inmaculada Concepcion (catholic boarding school)
 * married Pedro Gonzalez (farmer) when 17 - had 4 children
 * had property and home seized for trying to overthrow government
 * opposed Trujillo because worried about future of children
 * very religious
 * Minerva
 * born March 12, 1926
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">sent to Catholic school with sisters Patria and Dede
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">had friends whose families had been tortured and killed - started anti-Trujillo movement
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">December 1949 taken to Capitol and placed under house arrest
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">married Manuel (Manolo) Tavarez Justo - 2 children
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">president of 14th of June Movement
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">admired Fidel Castro
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">rebellious - based actions on her version of right and wrong
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">patriotic liberal
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">wanted to study law
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Trujillo failed to seduce her (1949) - possibly led to assassination
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Maria Teresa
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">born October 15, 1936
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">married Leandro Guzman (engineer) - had daugther
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">also part of the 14th of June Movement
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">January 20, 1960 detained at military base and released in same day
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">January 22, 1960 she and Minerva arrested and taken to La Cuarenta (torture prison) then to La Victoria - freed February 7, 1960
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">She and Minerva sentenced to La Cuarenta for 5 years, but freed August 18, 1960
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">refused to give up even after being jailed and having property seized
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">murdered on November 25, 1960
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">traveling north to Salcedo when stopped by Trujillo men
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">clubbed to death
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">last straw for people - led to end of Trujillo regime

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Laura) Trujillo:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">born October 24, 1891
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">started as guard at sugar mill, but moved through ranks quickly because of ability to speak English and good attitude towards US military
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">with approval of US officials, overthrew government and became president (though he initially said that he didn’t want to) in May 1930
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">used bribes, torture, intimidation, and murder to get rid of political opposition
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">established intelligence networks to spy on people

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Caroline) Dominican Republic prior to Trujillo’s rule:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Haiti militarily aggressive towards DR (1822-1860)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Haiti stopped being military threat toward DR in 1860 yet Dominicans continued to oppose Haitians
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">late 19th- early 20th century: many Dominicans (especially along border of Haiti) grew to disregard antagonism toward Haitians
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">this changed with Trujillo trying to consolidate power by “uniting” the DRepublicans against Haiti again
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the border was bicultural (Haitian and DRepublican mixed)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">16th century: pre-border was mix between European settlers, African slaves
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hatians linked with voodoo and witchcraft while DR is christian

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Adam) D.R. under Trujillo:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">D.R. citizens liked Trujillo as their leader (he was effective)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">people were forced to have a picture of Trujillo in every room
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">debt-free in 1947
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the capital was named after him until his assassination
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">economic progress
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">health-care, transportation, and education progressed
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">huge conflict between Haiti and D.R.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Parsley Massacre (20,000 - 30,000 killed); needed to pass a pronunciation test;

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Patrick and Adam) D.R. after Trujillo:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">middle class was diminishing
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">many public facilities
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fighting over who the next leader would be
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">President Balaguer remained in office
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Balaguer had to share power with Council of State
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Council included Balaguer and two assassins of Trujillo

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Patrick) Relationship between the U.S. and the Dominican Republic, U.S. occupation of the Dominican Republic:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“U.S. relations with the Dominican Republic are excellent” - Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">U.S. has strong interest in D.R. having a stable democratic economy.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">D.R. was founding member of the United Nations


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Source links: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic#The_Trujillo_Er__][|__a__] **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.allempires.com/article/index.php?q=conflict_haiti_dominic__][|__an__] **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35639.htm#relations__] **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://countrystudies.us/dominican-republic/12.htm__] **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.learntoquestion.com/seevak/groups/2000/sites/mirabal/English/index.html__] **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://search.proquest.com/docview/202673835/1362B7E04B2A5C3582/4?accountid=6__] **
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