Pedro Santana(1844-1848, 1853-1856, and 1858-1861), Ulises Heureaux(1883-1899), and Rafael Trujillo (1830-1961) were three of the DR's military dictators. All did a masterful job of modernizing the nation and distributing wealth among the proletariat (Insert sarcasm here). And Trujillo was the consummate example of a US trained puppet, but caused more havoc among his own people than expected. This was the case in post WWII US policy in the region, which preferred "stable" non communist governments to good leaders.
Mr. Lu
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