... 's dictatorship was hegemonic instead of systemic since him and his secret police dominantly controlled everything. This included all major industries, financial institutions, and he even renamed the capital city of Santa Domingo to "Ciudad Trujillo," which meant "Trujillo City" (bio.com). In her work, Alvarez informs her readers about Trujillo's secret police force known as the SIM ... ...

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... attitudes led to the genocide of a population. Zinn presents the major historical facts of the first 250 years of American history starting from when Christopher Columbus's Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria landed in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492. It was there that Europeans and Native Americans first came into contact; the Arawak natives came out to greet the whites ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate