Dominican Republic

Perhaps the most brutal dictatorship in Latin America was in the Dominican Republic, it was governed for over thirty years by the repressive and murderous Rafael Trujillo. His biography is given, he became one of the richest men in the world due to his corruption. The country agony would not be ended by his death, by 1965 a democratic left wing government had been removed in a coup and that would led to a revolt and the American Government sending in troops and Marines to restore order.

To be published on Saturday 21st October