“Yo me acuerdo que los aviones volaban por arriba de la cabeza de uno. [Es]tabamo to[dos] asustado, especialmente yo que lo que era una muchacha.” (I remember that the planes would fly over our heads. We were all scared, especially myself because I was just young girl.” These are the words that my grandmother used to describe an unforgettable memory from her teenage years in the Dominican Republic during a time of military invasion and civil unrest, the 1965 Revolution.
BACKGROUND
For 30 odd years prior to this event the small island country of the Dominican Republic had been ruled by a dictator and military strongman named Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. He ruled the country mercilessly and his rule is considered one of the bloodiest in Latin American
BACKGROUND
For 30 odd years prior to this event the small island country of the Dominican Republic had been ruled by a dictator and military strongman named Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. He ruled the country mercilessly and his rule is considered one of the bloodiest in Latin American