ABSTRACT
In describing the Era of Trujillo, which refers to the period in Dominican history when the country was under the tightly clenched iron fist of General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, one noted present-day social commentator puts it this way:
Para ser dominicano auténtico e integral es necesario conservar una memoria permanente e inmodificable de las vicisitudes y las declinaciones sufridas por la personalidad nacional en todos los sentidos, durante la Era de Trujillo. 1
(In order to be an authentic and complete Dominican, it is necessary to preserve a lasting and unalterable memory of the vicissitudes and deterioration suffered on the part of the national personality, in every sense, during the Era of Trujillo.)
