This ruler aided plots to overthrow and assassinate Rómulo Betancourt, the President of Venezuela, and shortly before his death he executed the Mirabal sisters, who had opposed him.
This ruler aided plots to overthrow and assassinate Rómulo Betancourt, the President of Venezuela, and shortly before his death he executed the Mirabal sisters, who had opposed him. He gained power after the overthrow of Horacio Vázquez. The novel Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa describes the end of this man's reign, as well as his abuse of the wives of his advisors, and after his assassination Joaquín Balaguer was placed in power. Troops under this man used the pronunciation of the Spanish word for parsley to distinguish Haitian immigrants, who were then killed. For 10 points, name this dictator of the Dominican Republic.
This ruler aided plots to overthrow and assassinate Rómulo Betancourt, the President of Venezuela, and shortly before his death he executed the Mirabal sisters, who had opposed him.
Rafael Leonidas {Trujillo} Molina