Rafael Trujillo: Intimidation and Assassination in the Dominican Republic

[@Biographics]

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[@dianapennepacker6854]

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[@PleiadianDreams]

you are doing a great job

[@youssefremy6173]

We know can you stop advertising it like 5 times already

[@jamaalwalker4140]

Could you do a video covering the complicated history of Haiti?

[@Dominicandude34]

Fun fact: Trujillo back in the mid 1950’s spent approximately 20% of the countries GDP in making a nationwide birthday party for his daughter Angelita, who was turning 15.

[@hapjoy16]

I'd say that was one expensive quinceanera!

[@kingmerlyn4615]

How is That a fun fact?

[@gengarzilla1685]

Probably fun for him and her if he spent so much.

[@krystingrant6292]

😳😳😳😳

[@samsilver6871]

more like a sad fact

[@jayestrada3852]

I lived in DR for 4 years and there are some that still worship this dude

[@ReydelCiguay]

I mean The man shaped what is the modern day DR. Even when we got rid of him, we had his loyalists take over. Sucks Bosh didn’t get a chance due to the US helping rig the election as Bosh was Left leaning (US feared DR going the same way as Cuba).The man is a scar in Dominican Culture. El Chivo the Dominican Nero.

[@LuisSierra42]

Like everywhere in the world, there are always far right groups, like there are people who worship Hitler in Europe and the people who worship Trump in the US

[@abrahamacosta5920]

Que viva el jefe!

[@edin5317]

He did help the country financially, being the only president in its history to pay of all debts and keeping complete autonomy in DR and even made one of the most advanced armies in Latin America. Too bad he was a crazy SOB who in the end of its dictatorship was so paranoid even the U.S wanted him out of the picture.

[@olddogmaster6643]

Rafael Trujillo' grandson tried to run for president in 2020. They rejected his candidacy for his American citizenship. Rumor is he will try again in 2024. I don't how many supporters he has but has a decent amount.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:40 - Chapter 1 - The age of intervention 5:05 - Chapter 2 - Imperial backlash 8:45 - Mid roll ads 10:05 - Chapter 3 - The trujillato 14:00 - Chapter 4 - The era of blood 17:25 - Chapter 5 - Rumblings 21:20 - Chapter 6 - The bitter end

[@kevinkev7828]

The goat of timestamps

[@ignitionfrn2223]

@@kevinkev7828 Baaah ?

[@KappaGammaTv]

@ConfusedOilPainter Time Stamps are appreciated by the Comment Section! Everyone doesn’t have the same attention span and thats ok everyones isn’t equal.

[@welshcaesar]

Don’t understand why you do that.

[@tasosdiaforetico7377]

Maybe his methodology of more critical studies . Everyone's different. Great video as usual Simon your the goat. We are the flock that listens

[@kairosX23]

Thank you so much for putting this part of the history of my country out there, so that people not familiar may know and even learn. My grandmother still remembers and tells us of the horrors she saw and heard, of living in fear every day during Trujillo's Regime.

[@davidfence6939]

I wish more western countries had more world history required. Yes, know your own country's and continent's histories, but know more than that.

[@yes2074]

@@davidfence6939 But the problem is that American Education is really bad and brainwashes the kids and don't teach anything about anyone else

[@Jurassic_Rez]

He killed my grandmas uncle

[@Jurassic_Rez]

My grandmas uncle was was his number 1 enemy

[@the_active_endomorph124]

I'm sorry that she went through that. I'm pretty sure she has a lot of interesting but unfortunate stories. As a visitor to the DR I've been waiting on this video myself. Ironically I just ordered a book from Amazon on Trujillo since I couldn't find a lot of information about him like an hour or two before discovering this video lol. This explains why so many Dominicans are confused about their racial background and why many refuse to acknowledge that they are black

[@nichothepolish9868]

Ah yes, the leader of the Dominican Republic in HOI4

[@ryanpoggemoeller5764]

I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT

[@bossbeartherock6034]

@@ryanpoggemoeller5764 yey

[@omgpotatos1]

Time to invade Hati

[@abrahamacosta5920]

El jefe!

[@LuisSierra42]

@@omgpotatos1 and take all their oil, amirite?

[@nycbatista94]

Damn my grandmother actually told me stories when she lived there, gave her PTSD, thank God she still alive today

[@Thanos69420man]

My grandma turning 72 she been in America since 15 she still has her Dominican accent lmaoo I love Dr

[@Thanos69420man]

Puerto Rico aswell new York we all mix with each other 🇵🇷🇩🇴

[@deborahswan7124]

Rafael Trujillo was a bastard, Haiti 🇭🇹 barely claims him.

[@ethanramos4441]

“He who does not know how to deceive does not know how to rule” Rafael Trujillo

[@LuisSierra42]

Still true tho

[@jerimiahstephens8580]

@@LuisSierra42 unfortunately. A single person, generally speaking, is intelligent, fragile and kind . People as a whole are stupid, cowardly, selfish and murderous. A noble sheep trying to lead a pack of wolves would be devoured. All governments rule with the slight of hand and a iron first. The only variance is to what degree

[@joeldelica8706]

That means a lot of world leaders Really know how to "rule".

[@itsblitz4437]

Yeah Trump wishes he was El Jefe Trujillo.

[@aladdinsmith6303]

Why bother with the hocus pocus when fear much easier yes messy and bloody but we see the tyrant deck out clean from head to toe never a drop of blood on them until in Trujillo case his bloody past caught up with him .

[@J31990]

My grandmother was born under his regime and I always wondered what she went through. Thank you for showing the world for some of our history!

[@Ishidori85]

Recently I started to binge watch this channel and I was thinking that Trujillo would be an interesting topic for one of your videos. Dreams come true. Greetings from Dominican Republic ♥️

[@vladimiraksionov2462]

More then ever this sheds light on how far the the U.S can be willing to go to support its geopolitical goals. What a tragedy for the Dominican people. Sovereignty cannot exist under U.S occupation.

[@beno1129]

I mean, it's not only a US problem. E.g. Russia does the same today, supporting the likes of the sociopath Kadyrov of Chechnya. China does deals with corrupt African governments, no questions asked. Indeed, in my opinion, the US and the West in general, while not perfect, still represent the closest humanity has approached towards an egalitarian society. I say this as an African living abroad.

[@Superbatmanbro]

My birth place Haiti 🇭🇹 and the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 truly had it rough and It’s sad to hear

[@badluck5647]

Woodrow Wilson was probably the worst president of the 20th century. His progressive ideas put too much power in the government's (and his) hands. This lead him to be heavy handed both at home and abroad. He also often considered the father of the modern Democratic Party.

[@hewhoshallnotbenamed5168]

The irony of a communist saying this!

[@jjbigfoot9077]

@@badluck5647 As well as an ardent segregationist/racist.

[@Dominicandude34]

As a dominican I’ve been waiting for this video for years! Thanks a lot Biographics, now the world can see what we went through for so long

[@Macronaso]

Dominican here, this is all incredibly accurate. It is disheartening that some Dominicans think that someone like him should return to power in the nation.

[@f-liiiz]

Well, the DR has never been as prosperous as it was during his era.

[@Macronaso]

@@f-liiiz This is patently false under any economic or social metric.

[@canris29]

He was a monster but the country was in better shape back then. Es asi de simple.

[@Macronaso]

@@canris29 this is false under any economic or social metric.

[@ReydelCiguay]

I mean I agree with you because this man is a monster. But when you look at many of the modern architecture of the DR ( the monumento in Santiago, la pirámide en Valle nuevo, the capital building of the president) was shaped by him. You can say we were prosperous during that time as our economy was good and our military was one of the best but the man was a monster. El chivo nos dejó una cicatriz que todo dominicano tiene en su alma.

[@BiglyChungus]

My great uncle was a bodyguard for Trujillo, he never really went into detail about what he had to do while working for trujillo, but we all know it was horrible. My great uncle lived down the road from Trujillo’s casa de caoba until he died a couple of years back.

[@sheilamoncion]

My grandparents family members were tortured for 7+ years... there are stories that are best left untold

[@nataliekennedy4646]

Holly crap ok then

[@brianlamar5235]

But the biggest blow to that country was the death of three sisters beaten to death like they were dogs but they made the movie about it with Salma Hayek and Edward James olmos and you probably already know what that movie is today in the time of butterflies

[@austinwilliams7919]

@@brianlamar5235 I loved that movie, I was shown it during my college level Spanish class

[@1313tennisman]

you cant choose your relatives

[@ReydelCiguay]

This man is polarizing. Even though he managed to lead the country through what you can call a “golden age” ( low crime, no debt for the country, etc) he did more evil that still shapes the country to this day. The whole complexity of race comes from him. Many human rights violations, assassinations, and truly horrible things that still scar the Dominican citizens in and out of the diaspora. No amount of good he did could ever erase the evil he was.

[@davidfence6939]

It's the old "putting lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig.". A dictator can do positive things. Hitler and the Nazis built the autobahn and many social projects, but the holocaust and WWII still happened.

[@ReydelCiguay]

@@davidfence6939 There is no better way to put it 👏🏼

[@canris29]

But do you see the shape my country is right now? I'm not saying we need a Trujillo back but things are bad right now.

[@ReydelCiguay]

@@canris29 I get you. We need a strong LEADER. A person of their word and not a thief, crook, or corrupt person. Our education, healthcare, security and economy are at a really low point. We really can’t keep letting our country go down this road

[@tonysoprano3219]

@@ReydelCiguay Well, if not Trujillo DR would be exactly the same as Haiti. Maybe he wasn't that wrong

[@SpaceCadet_12]

My grandmother was raised in the same town Trujillo lived as a dictator, which is a town named San Cristobal. She told me everytime his car would drive through the city, everyone would have to stop, about face and salute him until his car drove away. My grandma was born in the 1930s.

[@LeeLooDM]

I've never heard such an accurate introduction for this man. He was truly evil and yet, somehow, there are people that still consider that he was not that bad. Thank you for making this video, I truly believe that people need to remember the history so men like him don't get to positions of power again

[@clintfalk]

And you probably still haven't. This character sensationalizes his topics too much and inserts his opinions too much in the topics to deliver a fair and truthful documentary.

[@The_Nero_Show]

@@clintfalk buenooo US DOMINICANs know he even missed somethings!! Trujillo was worst!!

[@uiu510]

Trujillo wasn't all bad, you know... He did a lot of good things for the Dominican people like free school breakfast and lunch.

[@uiu510]

But he had his good points, too.

[@bigzclipz5104]

He help made Dominican Republic what is it today .

[@ashleyhyatt6319]

Please do an episode on the Duvalier family in Haiti.

[@lalab1071]

He did already

[@ashleyhyatt6319]

@@lalab1071 Please share the link; I couldn't find it.

[@lalab1071]

@@ashleyhyatt6319 I was sure I saw it on this channel. Maybe I was wrong.

[@ashleyhyatt6319]

@@lalab1071 If you're not, please provide the link. Fair enough either way.

[@lalab1071]

@@ashleyhyatt6319 I can't find the episode. Unless I was thinking about the episode on the leader of the Haitian Revolution. Maybe with the current state of affairs in Haiti they could have removed.

[@jdinero5108]

My grandfather , who was a soldier under him was eventually marked for death and had to go into hiding in some small village. They lived in fear and couldn’t go outside due to the large network of spies/snitches all throughout the country. The regime was known for making entire families disappear without a trace. On my other side of the family, my grandmother had a miscarriage from the shear terror of the secret police arriving in front of their home. “Fortunately” for my family they didn’t come for them. But unfortunately , They came for one of their neighbors in the middle of the night and no one saw that family ever again. After the tyrant was killed (only reason my grandfather and his kids lived) it wasn’t over yet. Ramfis did round up all suspected people and tortured / slaughtered them. The Dominican military divided by allegiance went to war with each other (before the civil war of 1965) One of my aunts recalls as a little girl running and hiding under the bed because she could literally hear the Air Force P51s shooting their machine guns above their house down at the Army tanks and bullets penetrating their roof. And what most outsiders are not of aware of , is that Balaguer was a continuation of the dictator regime. Only difference was that we was more liberal , more geopolitically acceptable , and less blatant with his tyranny compared to Trujillo. But political rivals still got taken out and he ruled with a heavy hand. Trujillo’s circle are not gone. Many of the elite classes that carry high level positions in many institutions and who are the wealthiest , are of that circle or at least descended from them.

[@sunnybearbuds]

Wow. 100%. This is the stuff my parents told us about. Horrible.

[@Cheerfulbxby]

That makes sense as to why my grand father is so rich.. he’s been for the president ever since he was around 20 years old… so like around the 50-60s and he also went to war

[@justisolated5621]

And then, Ramfis killed himself in a car accident. I believe he was killed by the CIA but was killed without a trace

[@ya_boy_blu]

My great grandfather was imprisoned by Trujillo. Thank you for telling the story of man who should never be forgotten as a tyrant.

[@Xenlacasa45]

Your grandfather probably spoke bad about trujillo. My grandmother never got arrested she knew to keep her mouth shut

[@ya_boy_blu]

@@Xenlacasa45 What you're telling me if that you're complacent with dictators and that makes you just as bad as Trujillo.

[@Xenlacasa45]

@@ya_boy_blu Im just saying what survivors did in that situation we should do the same. Trujillo didn’t just kill you he would torture you.

[@Xenlacasa45]

@@ya_boy_blu your lucky your grandfather didn’t die did he get tortured ?

[@Xenlacasa45]

@@ya_boy_blu so if trujillo was around you would have spoke against him? You’d die within a week and be tortured in the process is it worth it ?

[@WhaleManMan]

The smaller the moustache, the more the evil

[@dudepool7530]

What... What about "no moustache"... Uh... Asking for a friend...

[@dangercat9188]

Lmfao

[@ronalddino6370]

@@dudepool7530 Batista and moa no mouth stash

[@aleksandarvil5718]

*Failed Art student Has Joined The Chat.**

[@Vax-in3lb]

unfunny

[@tomrb2297]

The nickname "The Goat" was once an insult? How things have changed.

[@ulisesjorge]

"Your excellency, I'm not calling you a Goat...I'm calling you The GOAT...which is not the same, you see...? One is an..." *BANG* "Feed him to the sharks".

[@rakjoxlordx]

in spanish, yeah, it is

[@kaizerzero07]

Dominican here, you guys nailed it, fantastic job.

[@sebastianduran2022]

As a Dominican history buff, I have been waiting for this one for years! Very well researched, even I learned things I didn’t know. Too many Dominicans still cry for another Trujillo or Balaguer, maybe this will help.

[@The_Nero_Show]

Omggg me toooo

[@gamingislife3332]

Too many is true. Tho I'm glad the country came out to make sure that the PLD didn't read an other term

[@trueshockgaming329]

Dios en el Cielo y Trujillo en la Tierra!

[@The_Nero_Show]

@@trueshockgaming329 oye ahora wow… entonces dios es igual que Trujillo? Wow wow wow

[@trueshockgaming329]

@@The_Nero_Show eso no fue lo que dije. Ademas ese era el refran cuando Trujillo estaba en poder, como el se referia como 'El Benefactor de la Patria' la gente desia 'Dios en el Cielo y Trujillo en la Tierra'. Educate de la historia por favor.

[@olddogmaster6643]

I wonder if he will tackle Francois Duvalier aka Papa Doc.

[@joseidon]

nope

[@slinkbradshaw8674]

Can't believe they haven't yet but I feel like they have to after doing Trujillo

[@ryancousins108]

I literally just typed this same thing. It makes sense

[@Superbatmanbro]

As a Haitian I really don’t like papa Doc. Period

[@ARIXANDRE]

Great choice.

[@itsfrostyjoe3015]

Man, hearing this made me think about the time where my grandmother was alive under his regime.

[@yungyusuke13]

I would love to see a biographic on Amílcar Lopes Cabral the founding father of Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau.

[@NijimaSan]

Between Trujillo and the Duvalliers, that island…..wow.

[@badluck5647]

Castro wasn't far off.

[@dangercat9188]

@@badluck5647 Castro was Cuban though.

[@badluck5647]

@@dangercat9188 And the island of Cuba and Casto's violent tendencies weren't far off

[@NijimaSan]

@@badluck5647 Yes. Castro was a monster, but he also replaced a monster.

[@badluck5647]

@@NijimaSan It's two sides of the same coin

[@abelperez1827]

Fun fact: he made Dominican republic a refuge area for the Jewish during WW2, not because of the kindness of his heart but to make the country whiter

[@MangaMaster13]

I've been watching so much Brain Blaze lately that all of Simon's channels end in Blaze in my mind. This is BioBlaze. Change my mind.

[@kclayhumble2146]

So basically, dude was the Caribbean Hitler.

[@DA-qw1ut]

He even hung out with hitler

[@nhmikey1]

Sounds like he would have made a great James Bond villain. What a monster!

[@jeffpolanco604]

Dominican here,, this is so rich with good information and so accurate// thanks for putting this together ❤growing up I would hear so many stories of things Trujillo did, told by old folks in the barrio//the man was pure evil -

[@djnon-refundablefee9245]

Thank you for touching on Trujillo's racism and perversions especially towards children! . To my surprise too many Dominicans miss that part. That's the equivalency to the swastika to Adolf Hitler regime. People we cant change history or the vicious acts of some but we can learn from it.

[@HORIZONNNN]

EXACTLY and it shows cuz many Dominican nationalists (his loyalists) deny the existence of racism and white supremacy. Trujillo was a victim and was influence by the ideology of purifying the race and he inflicted that on our grandparents and parents.

[@PLATANITO829]

​@@HORIZONNNN cope!

[@RonaldPineWood8191]

The vast majority of the photos of the Parsley massacre are actually photos of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre in South Africa 🇿🇦, the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide in Bangladesh 🇧🇩, the 1909 Armenian Massacre in Turkey 🇹🇷 and the 1983 Uchuraccay massacre in Peru 🇵🇪. The supposed numbers of victims are pure meaningless speculations that have nothing to back them up, for example, there are no mass graves, there are no remains, there are no photos, there are no videos, there is nothing. In fact, in the last population census before the massacre, which was carried out in the year 1936, the number of Haitian residents in the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 was only 8,492, not to mention that in the United States Department of State 🇺🇲, there is a document from the Catholic Church of Haiti 🇭🇹 from the year 1937 (Year of the massacre), where between 3,000 to 4,000 deaths were counted in the massacre, something that makes sense, since in Bánica (The place where the massacre began), there were only 300 deaths.

[@Jis._.t]

People tend to forget that the hate between Dominican Republic and Haití is not just racism is history, for those who don’t know Dominican Republic was invaded by Haití in 1822 and it last 22 years with a strong militar regimen, Dominicans couldn’t even have proprieties and were rob of their lands, and also were rob of their culture and costumes and impone Haitians cultures. That is why the island is divided how it is know cuz actually before the invasion the island was divided in half. And their is still hate between SOME Dominicans and Haitians because in the schools in Haití they teach them our country is their country (this was said by Haitians not Dominicans) and sometimes there is even talks about a new invasion so of course SOME Dominicans feel threatened. (This is not the case for everyone). (just wanted to point out is not just racism) (and if u watch the video completely u will know why most of Dominicans (the older generation) are racists, even black people in this country are racist to themselves (the older generation).

[@sunnybearbuds]

We do forget that part. Good point.

[@sire6551]

You are completely correct, it is a mixture of resentment, irritation and racism. The way some KZbin channels paint Dominican Republic as a racist country is historically incorrect.

[@shoebiter993]

I hope more people see this. It infuriates me when people call DR a racist country without any knowledge of of our affairs

[@sire6551]

@@shoebiter993 it’s bc they don’t know what haiti did to get there freedom and what they did first couple of years of their independence it’s really not taught at all😭

[@shoebiter993]

@@sire6551 Don't get me started on 1804...

[@Josmersuero]

My Grandfather was born in 1927, thanks to God he is still alive, he told us that he in his young years he had to work as soldier for trujillo's government as it gas obligatory to all males, all houses needed to have a picture of him on them, and sometimes they sent them on ships just to show that they have an army to other leaders. To the day of today he doesn't want to talk about it and when someone mentions Trujillo's name he gets mad. He is still very fit for being almost 93 years old and hasn't stop working on his farm, as he was a watchmen and fireman too.

[@elianproductions5128]

thats cool, get those stories out of himm

[@NeisterFeliz]

What an excellent investigation on Trujillo. As a Dominican I can say with out any doubt, Trujillismo is still very much alive in my beloved island.

[@03Man11]

Other than some ignorant idiots we see commenting on social media, I don’t believe Trujillismo is alive today. That’s why his grandson had no chance of being elected.

[@govand7]

I was wondering whether you could do a Biography video on the late great Ayrton Senna

[@thebossman9176]

Yes. I saw the film Senna and I would absolutely love seeing Simon bring us his story.

[@piermariobarozzi]

Yes!!!! Facto Boy! Get on it!

[@jacques4703]

-Can you say "perejil" ? If you were an haitian living in Dominican Republic in those years that question could determine if you lived or died.

[@AyoKeyloGaming]

Self hate is the most dangerous emotion

[@Ozymandias____]

So happy you did this as a Dominican I’ve always wanted to know about my peoples past and politics

[@beatrice123ful]

Horrible past

[@the_active_endomorph124]

Thanks for this video. I've been waiting for one on him since there's not a lot about him on KZbin. As a visitor to the DR I've been waiting on this video myself. Ironically I just ordered a book from Amazon on Trujillo since I couldn't find a lot of information about him like an hour or two before discovering this video lol. This finally explains why so many Dominicans are confused about their racial background and why many refuse to acknowledge that they are black!

[@LuisGuzman-kt1yp]

Great video ! I remember when I was a kid and I saw the mariposa sisters on the pesos I asked my older sister who they were and they explained the story to me their deaths changed the world.

[@Vikotnick]

Another fact that many are not aware of, they had "God in heaven, Trujillo on earth" on churches. Towards the end it was "Trujillo on earth, God in heaven". The absolute horrible ego of these kind of people is staggering.

[@SilverGunner]

That's why he was called a dictator. Both phrases are a lie and work as a mind washing scheme. Even the usa uses christianity in the law system as a pledge.

[@federicobacano6050]

He changed the name of the capital from Santo Domingo to ciudad trujillo

[@Vikotnick]

@@federicobacano6050 Damn. I forgot that. Thanks mate.

[@petrapedia]

The Butterflies are such a gripping story. En Los Tiempos de las Mariposas (In The Time of the Butterflies) is a wonderful book and a great movie with Salma Hayek.

[@foxfoster1]

Perfect timing, just started reading in the time of the butterflies

[@MD-zy9no]

The movie is good as well

[@copeyano718]

Just remember that is not history just a story base on history. This video has the same mistake. Great book. Enjoy

[@ComaLies225]

My grandmother worked as a school teacher in a private school where all the government officials kids went to. The kids would be under strict watch because there was fear of retribution. Trujillos DR was a crazy ass time

[@sheilamoncion]

My grandmothers youngest sister (3 at the time) used to stand on the balcony and yell "Que viva Trujillo!" everytime he passed by. One day she was sick and didn't get up. He sent guards to the house to see who had the girl silenced, the asked to see if she was really sick. HE WAS AN EGOMANIAC

[@1313tennisman]

@@sheilamoncion honestly that story sounds unbelievable but nothing is too much for trujillos ego so its believable in this case

[@Xenlacasa45]

@@sheilamoncion that sounds made up but at the same time believable. People had to worship him. He was even greater then god at least that’s what dominicans were told to say

[@yazuki1185]

@@sheilamoncion definitely fake.

[@extraterrestrial7424]

This piece of history has absolutely everything. So much can be learned and understood just from this little piece.

[@multiyapples]

Rest In Peace to those that passed away.

[@kynano7989]

always love the story of a wild dictator. Still got my fingers crossed for David Attenborough though

[@samanthar1214]

I believe they only cover people that have died.

[@Thekaiserwill]

@@samanthar1214 We better be waiting goddamn YEARS in that case!

[@neopagan1976]

This's an awesome video, Simon. Thank you for the upload.

[@danielalfredop]

Great to see coverage of this man from outside of the country! His atrocities left a mark that still affect Dominicans on a psychological level, which hopefully will be overcome with the younger generations. Greetings from the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴!

[@GustavoRodriguez-qr5po]

We need another Trujillo he erased the imf debt, look at Puerto Rico all our leaders are totally inept. Either filthy Reds or complete capitalist shills. Trujillo and Peron were the only ones that cared about latin and South America

[@UnKynneyValley]

@@GustavoRodriguez-qr5po Peron destroyed Argentina to the ground that his ideology, peronism, still tighten that country to this day.

[@gamingislife3332]

@@GustavoRodriguez-qr5po no. We don't. We do need massive reform in DR and Latin American alike. And honestly i believe we need cultural reform more than political reform. But a dictator known to be brutal against people ya no. No thank you I take being poor and having my freedom

[@trueshockgaming329]

@@gamingislife3332 Well speak for yourself, I won't be poor again.

[@GustavoRodriguez-qr5po]

@@gamingislife3332 what freedom? When foreigners can plunder out land buy our property and dilute our Spanish heritage with hatian and gringo influence. Ideally we become a Spanish colony again to remind us who we are and kick out all Anglos

[@mikaellugo4146]

We just buried my grandmother yesterday, her and my grandpa left DR during this time, fascinating to learn more about what life was like back then

[@Superbatmanbro]

The Caribbean islands and South America truly went through a lot back then

[@richardshiggins704]

Daniel Ortega is his most ardent disciple . Well done , excellent Bio . PS : Reinhard Heydrich was also nicknamed The Goat because of his bleating voice . Goats get a bad press .

[@jamesclendon4811]

Shucks, Michael Jordan is sometimes called the GOAT and it's meant as a compliment.

[@andyquinn3996]

@@jamesclendon4811 goats are also associated with demons and Satan, so yeah, he is spot on.

[@luisroa64]

Thank you for this video and for how detailed it is, my mother, father ans grandparents lived through that time and they always tell us stories of how it was for them to grow up with Trujillo in power. You should do one about Joaquin Balaguer next.

[@Nerdznewznow]

Being a Cuban American I learned nothing of him until I read a book about Las Mariposas for class

[@sheilamoncion]

The Mirabal sisters are a dominican Icon

[@ANONIMOx3654]

Fun fact: he declared war to Hitler during WW ll and Hitler read the letter, saw the size of the country that it came from, and literally took a piss.

[@dinzey1240]

Yeah... so fun...

[@dudepool7530]

Suggestion: Lemmy Killmeister. Dude was Hendrix's roadie, there has to be tons of stories to tell!

[@fabiotituah5767]

Thank you Simon! It pleases me that a Biographics on Trujillo is done, the main killer of the goat was Antonio De La Maza, from my home town, Moca, which every president since then has feared the people from that small town...Do a follow up of Balaguer, its very interesting history on his life too

[@The_Nero_Show]

Moca ❤️❤️🙏 Jamao Al Norte aki ❤️

[@HORIZONNNN]

I respect y’all !!❤

[@madeleinehubb]

Simon, I love all of your work and I listen to it every day. I would love it if you could do a Biographics episode on Berry Goldwater. Many in the United States consider him to be the founder of modern conservativism. Thank you!

[@sethcourtney468]

Wow- never knew this about the Dominican Republic. Thank you Biographics!

[@brainsareus]

He was a GOAT [Chivo, in Spanish], not the G.O.A.T. Got it.

[@infone779]

He was the Real G.O.A.T, and the NBA copied that

[@roctv100]

@@infone779 No Ali is the only G.O.A.T everyone else copied him.

[@HeliRy]

You gotta do an episode on Equatorial Guinea and “President” Obiang. It’s got everything. Bloodshed, torture, tribal genocide, and a failed coup by SAS mercenaries.

[@jeannastorey]

Every time you guys show a picture of the Dominican Republic as the background, you would show a picture of Haiti.

[@ilikecheese4518]

i dont think isorrowproductions likes this man very much

[@ryanpoggemoeller5764]

Lmao

[@Dj510rich]

Mann are you shedding light on things ive never heard off

[@bluegold1026]

Speaking of dictators, I would like to see a vid on Mobutu Sese Seko of what was formally Zaire.

[@johnwillis4663]

Great detail & content! 👍🏿👍🏿

[@edgarramirez7548]

My great grandfather was torture and imprisoned by the regime, just because he was openly against Trujillo. He used to pull out that stupid sign that praise Trujillo out if house, and said that he was the only boss in his house 🏠, that almost cost his life last time they took him for more than 2 weeks. He was returned after was torture, alive just because one of my aunts was a artist that works in la Voz Dominicana 🇩🇴, and some of Trujillo relatives knew her. Anyway he came back with the warning, that this was his last time 💀 next time he wouldn't return, so part of my family exiled themselves to NYC with my great-

[@sunnybearbuds]

Wow! A family friend of ours was a cook for La Voz Dominicana! Yeah, my grandmother's blood boiled with anger every time she had to look at that stupid sign. She said that as a Christian, she believed only God was "El Jefe" in her house.

[@dairysmoreta6108]

Thank you so much for such great story! I’ll love to see more videos of the Dom. Rep. and it’s rich history.

[@MrInternationalSound]

Excellent.. as an 🇺🇸 of 🇭🇹 descent it’s good to know the histories of Kiskeya/Quisqeya

[@victoriagenao2398]

Thank you for this video 😢im DOMINICAN and always hurts ,😢 to hear this over and over again 💔 , GRACIAS 🙏

[@ltamminga]

Just returned from a vacation to the DR. 10/10 would recommend to visit the island.

[@LuisSierra42]

I bet you did not go to the places that are ridden with poverty and criminality which is about 80% (source: lives there)

[@eddiemonesti5671]

@@LuisSierra42 Hate more. 6 millions in 2019.

[@sheilamoncion]

@@LuisSierra42 Would you go to the poverty and criminality ridden places in any other country?

[@g.ecoleman5910]

@@sheilamoncion nobody would, but over in the DR that’s most of the island.

[@LuisSierra42]

@@sheilamoncion no, but i think it is important to voice these issues cause the picture that is commonly promoted of a caribbean paradise is not accurate and just undermines the problems that the majority of the population is affected by

[@trevoreklof1088]

Dang whoever wrote the script is really good 👍deserves a raise

[@TheJaviferrol]

My aunt has lived in the Dominican Republic since she married there. Still an extremely corrupt state. Definetely reccomend Vargas Llosa's LA FIESTA DEL CHIVO (FEAST OF THE GOAT)

[@BiglyChungus]

Its called La fiesta del chivo (the feast of the goat).

[@TheJaviferrol]

@@BiglyChungus Edited

[@IsAcRafT]

Trujillo was an ashole like no other but La Fiesta del Chivo (the feast of the goat) is *NOT* an accurate historical record, is a novel and many characters in that novel are fictional, despite of depicting some historical events of the time.

[@copeyano718]

Why you guys like to read stories to understand history.

[@jacobgappa4200]

I was just wanting a video on him. Thanks.

[@dominicanguy9117]

🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴thank you for making this video

[@itsheerroo]

This video is fire. Full of information, easy to follow.

[@timredmond9200]

But it seems like he greatly increased the wealth of the people, and made the DR a MUCH better place. Seems like he was a gift to the DR. Turned the whole country around. Hey, they're not Haiti are they? Sometimes ya got to break some eggs to make an omlet.

[@ScottTangents]

This man is the reason why I exist. He made my mixed race side of my mom family flee. Which led to my dad (a Haitian) to marry my mom.

[@jonasjpeg]

This dude was just a menace to our people as Napoleon was. Probably worst 🇭🇹🙏🏾 With that said, my love for my Dominican brothers & sisters refuses to falter for his actions💯

[@HORIZONNNN]

As a Dominican myself, I got love for my Haitian brothers and sisters and I humbly apologize for the harm my country has done to your people 🖤🖤🖤

[@1313tennisman]

Napoleon got his ass handed to him in hispaniola. Trujillos scars on the island run much, much deeper

[@Islandgirl8152]

He's in hell burning God, please don't have mercy on him

[@RonaldPineWood8191]

​@@HORIZONNNN The vast majority of the photos of the Parsley massacre are actually photos of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre in South Africa 🇿🇦, the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide in Bangladesh 🇧🇩, the 1909 Armenian Massacre in Turkey 🇹🇷 and the 1983 Uchuraccay massacre in Peru 🇵🇪. The supposed numbers of victims are pure meaningless speculations that have nothing to back them up, for example, there are no mass graves, there are no remains, there are no photos, there are no videos, there is nothing. In fact, in the last population census before the massacre, which was carried out in the year 1936, the number of Haitian residents in the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 was only 8,492, not to mention that in the United States Department of State 🇺🇲, there is a document from the Catholic Church of Haiti 🇭🇹 from the year 1937 (Year of the massacre), where between 3,000 to 4,000 deaths were counted in the massacre, something that makes sense, since in Bánica (The place where the massacre began), there were only 300 deaths.

[@zebulynnhanson791]

I really look forward to these every week

[@tyrellklym6519]

You should do the Canadian metis Gabriel Dumont. It's quite a story

[@cashewnuttel9054]

Nah. I'd rather they do dictators, especially the tyrannical ones.

[@Bear-lb4qj]

Great upload Simon I've been waiting for this one.

[@JRT140]

Most tourists who go to the DR never leave their resort. Do yourself a favor and take a tour of the cities and the mountains. Particularly to the Haitian border. It will open your eyes to what true poverty in 2021 really is.

[@Superbatmanbro]

I was adopted from Haiti I really want to visit

[@CristianmrWuno]

Never go to Haiti like if that's your neighborhood, kidnappings are no joke in there

[@gamingislife3332]

For anyone considering doing this. DONT unless u got a native dominican with u. It extremely dangerous

[@yazuki1185]

Ignore this guy, it is extremely dangerous to go out of the tourism zone.

[@Pirtanco]

Thank you for this

[@robertwalker-smith2739]

His habit of wearing numerous self-awarded medals prompted his mocking nickname of 'Chapitas' (Bottlecaps). The international playboy, polo player and racecar driver Porfirio Rubirosa served him as a roving diplomat until the assassination. Come to think of it, Rubirosa would be a good subject for a Biographics episode.

[@ramsayelias619]

It is said that the James Bond character is based on Rubirosa

[@sonnymartinez3051]

Trujillo’s Haitian grandmother was the daughter of a Frenchman and a mixed Mother; hence, his grandmother was a predominantly white person born in Haiti, a country were over 95% of the population is black and that by Haitian standards would be seen as a stereotypical Haitian. To level Trujillo as half or even a quarter Haitian is just plain grotesque.

[@tregua24]

Why do Haitians hate Dominicans? Relations between the two countries have never been good. From its origin and genesis, Haiti usurped territory from the pre-existing Spanish colony of Santo Domingo I think Haiti was a mistake of the French and as a neighboring country they are the worse. After their war against France from 1791 to 1804, including horrors such as the genocide of all whites and incursions into the Spanish part where Dessalines committed massacres, in 1822 to 1844 the Haitians invaded and occupied the Dominican part, which in an unequal war managed to separate from your bad neighbors. Another turning point was in 1937 when Trujillo ordered the massacre of hundreds of Haitians for their growing illegal occupation of Dominican territory, rustling and other crimes. The figure varies according to different sources; the graves have never been found.

[@santo8389]

What was name of modern DR in 1821?

[@tregua24]

@santo8389 Santo Domingo, that's why the French kept the name but translated to Saint Domingue, in Franch.

[@santo8389]

@@tregua24 1821 is when the ppl of Santo Domingo had its first independence against the Spanish crown..What was name that they declared themselves after the 1821 independence?

[@tregua24]

@@santo8389 They kept the same name and were trying to build a republic. But the invaders interrupted the natural course of event in the island til this day.

[@santo8389]

@@tregua24 False. The leader of the revolution José Núñez de Cáceres declared the name of the new nation as "Estado Independiente del Haití Español" (Independent State of Haiti) in 1821.

[@ronaldopena3879]

I've been waiting for so long for this video

[@dangercat9188]

Whoa. I'm half 🇵🇷 and 🇩🇴 and I never would've thought you'd cover Triujillo. The man was DR'S Hitler. I'm very light skin myself with Euro facial features but this is just heartbreaking. Everyone should be treated with respect regardless of skin tone. The dude hated himself and it's funny to me because lots of Dominicans would be seen as black here in the states even though not all of them are. There's nothing wrong with having African DNA. It's sad that some Dominicans still think like this 😔.

[@sheilamoncion]

It's not just dominicans, a lot of LATAM is colorist, and unfortunately thats not changing anytime soon.

[@dangercat9188]

@@sheilamoncion yea that's messed up.

[@roctv100]

@@sheilamoncion Yea so is Brazil and India. It's not as bad as it use to be but skin color carry importance on how the world view people. It's a white man world .

[@epa2349]

@@roctv100 Not "white man's world", more like light skin's world.

[@sonnymartinez3051]

Oh please if you want to convince Dominicans of accepting the racist and dehumanizing U.S one drop rule, you are only promoting a racist doctrine that one claim to be vehemently against. How about you focus on how in the 2010 census over 70% of Puerto Ricans considered themselves as white, and know in the most recent one only 3% of Puerto Ricans labeled themselves as white.

[@rayzaramon6598]

My mother's husband's father was Balaguer's roommate in NYC. He was a Trujillo Loyalist and had to scram to NY when Trujillo was assassinated. He was my brother's Grandfather and the guy was German looking and green eyed. Also, my own grandfather was a carpenter and was forced to help build one of Trujillo's mansions.

[@MrRJC1991]

Most old people loved Trujillo.

[@ashleightompkins3200]

I'd love to see a video on the Mariposa sisters who led a resistance against him

[@xyamsi]

the Mirabal* sisters, their nickname is "Las Mariposas"

[@ashleightompkins3200]

@@xyamsi Sorry, I got them confused

[@xyamsi]

@@ashleightompkins3200 it's all good

[@vsvntvnv]

Their is a movie

[@CristianmrWuno]

I think he has a video on them

[@christophermerlot3366]

If anyone wants to read a good novel about the Dominican during his reign, can I steer you to 'The Dictator' by David Layton. His time in power was so weird.

[@judelinj.9957]

Correction: Our language is actually called Haitian Creole as it is different from other creole languages that have French as their base. Still enjoyed the video as easier to digest than when I first learned it and more info that I didn't know.

[@IsAcRafT]

At least try to add a timestamp so people will find the context alot easier, people might otherwise find your comment confusing.

[@moisepicard8855]

+Judelin J Correction: Our language is called French and that is the only language of Haiti.

[@SamD.GOAT0326]

😂 ​@@moisepicard8855

[@f-liiiz]

Great video! Thank you.

[@The_Nero_Show]

Awesome video! Thank you so much for covering this!!

[@wilkystaveras6129]

Thank you, I will share this video to remind those people back home whi want to romantice this horrific era of my country

[@gpionav79]

And some people in the DR would still have him today if they could. Truly sad.