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Trujillo: Causas de una tiranía sin ejemplo
En esta obra, Juan Bosch analiza las causas de la dictadura de Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina. Se trata de un estudio acucioso, ya que el gran intelectual dominicano lo inicia con la llegada de los conquistadores españoles a la que entonces era conocida como Quisqueya y cuyos dos tercios constituirían, más de cuatro siglos después la más terrible de las dictaduras dominicanas, fruto de la personalidad de su cabecilla.
La época de la Conquista y de la Colonia influyeron en la idiosincracia de los dominicanos, incluyendo a Trujillo. Y este, a través de una dictadura que se extendió por tres décadas, influiría a su vez en la naturaleza de la República Dominicana y de sus habitantes actuales.
La lectura de este libro es, por tanto, recomendable para aquellos que deseen saber no solo lo que fueron los dominicanos, sino lo que son y lo que serán. La lectura de esta obra es, por ende, esencial para comprender la evolución del Pueblo Dominicano.
La época de la Conquista y de la Colonia influyeron en la idiosincracia de los dominicanos, incluyendo a Trujillo. Y este, a través de una dictadura que se extendió por tres décadas, influiría a su vez en la naturaleza de la República Dominicana y de sus habitantes actuales.
La lectura de este libro es, por tanto, recomendable para aquellos que deseen saber no solo lo que fueron los dominicanos, sino lo que son y lo que serán. La lectura de esta obra es, por ende, esencial para comprender la evolución del Pueblo Dominicano.
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Juan Bosch
115 books63 followersJuan Bosch was born in the town of La Vega, Dominican Republic. His parents were Spanish Juan Bosch and Puerto Rican Angela Gaviño. He lived the first years of his childhood in a small rural community called Río Verde, where he began his primary studies; he attended high school in La Vega. In his youth he went to Santo Domingo and worked in commercial stores. Later he traveled to Spain, Venezuela and some of the Caribbean islands.
He returned in 1931, and published his first short stories book, "Camino Real," the essay "Indios," and the short novel "La Mañosa," about the civil wars in the nineteenth century, which was acclaimed by critics. He created and edited the literary section in the newspaper Listín Diario, becoming a critic and essayist.
In 1934 he married Isabel García and had two children with her: Leon and Carolina. As Trujillo's dictatorship was getting stronger and meaner, Bosch was jailed for his political ideas, being released after several months. In 1938, knowing that the tyrant wanted to buy him with a position in the Congress, Bosch managed to leave the country, settling in Puerto Rico.
He was a politician, historian, short story writer, essayist, educator, and the first cleanly elected president of the Dominican Republic for a brief time in 1963. Previously, he had been the leader of the Dominican opposition in exile to the dictatorial regime of Rafael Trujillo for over 25 years. To this day he is remembered as an honest politician and regarded as one of the most prominent writers in Dominican literature. He is the founder of both the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) in 1939 and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) in 1973.
By 1939 Bosch had gone to Cuba, where he directed an edition of the completed works of Eugenio María de Hostos, something that defined his patriotic and humanist ideals. In July, with other Dominican expatriates, he founded the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), which stood out as the most active front against Trujillo outside the Dominican Republic.
Bosch heavily sympathised with leftist ideas, but he always denied any communist affiliation. He collaborated with the Cuban Revolutionary Party and had an important role in the making of the Constitution that was promulgated in 1940.
Bosch married for the second time, this time a Cuban lady, Carmen Quidiello, with whom he had two more children, Patricio and Barbara. At the same time, his literary career was ascending, gaining important acknowledgments like the Hernandez Catá Prize in Havana for short stories written by a Latin American author. His works had a deep social content, among them "La Noche Buena de Encarnación Mendoza", "Luis Pié", "The Masters" and "The Indian Manuel Sicuri", all of them described by critics as masterpieces of the sort.
Bosch was one of the main organizers of the 1949 military conspiracy that landed in Cayo Confites in the north coast of the Dominican Republic, to overthrow the dictatorship of Trujillo. However, the expedition failed, and Bosch fled to Venezuela, continuing his anti-Trujillo campaign. In Cuba, where he returned by requirement of his friends in the Authentic Revolutionary Party, he played a notorious part in the political life of Havana, being recognized as a promoter of social legislation and author of the speech pronounced by President Carlos Prío Socarrás when the body of José Martí was transferred to Santiago de Cuba.
When Fulgencio Batista led a coup d'etat against Prío Socarrás and took over the presidency in 1952, Bosch was jailed by Batista's forces. After being liberated, he left Cuba and headed to Costa Rica, where he dedicated his time to pedagogical tasks, and to his activities as leader of the PRD.
In 1959 the Cuban Revolution took place, led by Fidel Castro, causing a major political, economic and social upheaval in the Caribbean island. Bosch accurately perceived the process that had begun from those events, and wrote a letter to
He returned in 1931, and published his first short stories book, "Camino Real," the essay "Indios," and the short novel "La Mañosa," about the civil wars in the nineteenth century, which was acclaimed by critics. He created and edited the literary section in the newspaper Listín Diario, becoming a critic and essayist.
In 1934 he married Isabel García and had two children with her: Leon and Carolina. As Trujillo's dictatorship was getting stronger and meaner, Bosch was jailed for his political ideas, being released after several months. In 1938, knowing that the tyrant wanted to buy him with a position in the Congress, Bosch managed to leave the country, settling in Puerto Rico.
He was a politician, historian, short story writer, essayist, educator, and the first cleanly elected president of the Dominican Republic for a brief time in 1963. Previously, he had been the leader of the Dominican opposition in exile to the dictatorial regime of Rafael Trujillo for over 25 years. To this day he is remembered as an honest politician and regarded as one of the most prominent writers in Dominican literature. He is the founder of both the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) in 1939 and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) in 1973.
By 1939 Bosch had gone to Cuba, where he directed an edition of the completed works of Eugenio María de Hostos, something that defined his patriotic and humanist ideals. In July, with other Dominican expatriates, he founded the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), which stood out as the most active front against Trujillo outside the Dominican Republic.
Bosch heavily sympathised with leftist ideas, but he always denied any communist affiliation. He collaborated with the Cuban Revolutionary Party and had an important role in the making of the Constitution that was promulgated in 1940.
Bosch married for the second time, this time a Cuban lady, Carmen Quidiello, with whom he had two more children, Patricio and Barbara. At the same time, his literary career was ascending, gaining important acknowledgments like the Hernandez Catá Prize in Havana for short stories written by a Latin American author. His works had a deep social content, among them "La Noche Buena de Encarnación Mendoza", "Luis Pié", "The Masters" and "The Indian Manuel Sicuri", all of them described by critics as masterpieces of the sort.
Bosch was one of the main organizers of the 1949 military conspiracy that landed in Cayo Confites in the north coast of the Dominican Republic, to overthrow the dictatorship of Trujillo. However, the expedition failed, and Bosch fled to Venezuela, continuing his anti-Trujillo campaign. In Cuba, where he returned by requirement of his friends in the Authentic Revolutionary Party, he played a notorious part in the political life of Havana, being recognized as a promoter of social legislation and author of the speech pronounced by President Carlos Prío Socarrás when the body of José Martí was transferred to Santiago de Cuba.
When Fulgencio Batista led a coup d'etat against Prío Socarrás and took over the presidency in 1952, Bosch was jailed by Batista's forces. After being liberated, he left Cuba and headed to Costa Rica, where he dedicated his time to pedagogical tasks, and to his activities as leader of the PRD.
In 1959 the Cuban Revolution took place, led by Fidel Castro, causing a major political, economic and social upheaval in the Caribbean island. Bosch accurately perceived the process that had begun from those events, and wrote a letter to
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September 20, 2022
El gobierno de Rafael Leonidas Trujillo es definitivamente el presidente más recordado de la historia moderna de la República Dominaba, independientemente del contexto (ya sea bueno o malo) en el que se le haga referencia. En los últimos años han resurgido simpatizantes de este vil dictador bajo la premisa de que "la delincuencia era inexistente, las calles se mantenían limpias y el país era próspero" por lo menos durante los primeros años de la tiranía.
De cierto modo es entendible el resurgimiento de estos nuevos simpatizantes dada la alza en la delincuencia y descuido en las calles del país actualmente, que además va a la par con la falta de divulgación histórica prevalente en la calidad de la educación dominicana. Es entendible que resurjan estos nuevos simpatizantes cuando ignoran el contexto no solo político, social y económico sino también moral e intelectual que se vivió en el país durante la dictadura. "Quien no conoce su historia está condenado a repetirla".
En este libro escrito durante el primer exilio de Juan Bosch, en 1960, el autor explica las causas principales que permitieron la existencia de Trujillo cuando nació en San Cristóbal en 1821, así como su ascenso al poder y su asentamiento como el tirano cuya dictadura es incomparable a cualquier otra en América hasta esa fecha.
Las causas son tan complejas que para entenderlas, es necesario iniciar desde la primera llegada de los conquistadores españoles a La Hispaniola en 1492. Para entenderlas es necesario hacer un recorrido a través de la historia completa de la República Dominicana hasta esa fecha,a fin demostrar que Trujillo no fue más que el resultado de un sinnúmero de acontecimientos que formaron la idiosincrasia dominicana que en cierto sentido prevalece hasta hoy día.
De cierto modo es entendible el resurgimiento de estos nuevos simpatizantes dada la alza en la delincuencia y descuido en las calles del país actualmente, que además va a la par con la falta de divulgación histórica prevalente en la calidad de la educación dominicana. Es entendible que resurjan estos nuevos simpatizantes cuando ignoran el contexto no solo político, social y económico sino también moral e intelectual que se vivió en el país durante la dictadura. "Quien no conoce su historia está condenado a repetirla".
En este libro escrito durante el primer exilio de Juan Bosch, en 1960, el autor explica las causas principales que permitieron la existencia de Trujillo cuando nació en San Cristóbal en 1821, así como su ascenso al poder y su asentamiento como el tirano cuya dictadura es incomparable a cualquier otra en América hasta esa fecha.
Las causas son tan complejas que para entenderlas, es necesario iniciar desde la primera llegada de los conquistadores españoles a La Hispaniola en 1492. Para entenderlas es necesario hacer un recorrido a través de la historia completa de la República Dominicana hasta esa fecha,a fin demostrar que Trujillo no fue más que el resultado de un sinnúmero de acontecimientos que formaron la idiosincrasia dominicana que en cierto sentido prevalece hasta hoy día.
August 8, 2022
Excelente para mis clasa de Historia.
March 5, 2017
..Extraordinario
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August 12, 2021
Sumamente interesantes las teorías del autor sobre la razón de existencia de ese engendro del demonio llamado Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina.
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