Dominican Republic: Changing Scene

To the sound of chanting mobs, the Dominican Republic last week broke violently out of the shell of political repression that has encased it for 31 years. Shouting "Out with the Trujillos,"'.more than 8,000 students, workers and women stormed the government-owned Radio Caribe, sloshed gasoline on the floors and set it ablaze. When police arrested 25 ringleaders, the mob hurled stones. The police fired, and six demonstrators were wounded. A few hours later, street fighting broke out again when a band of Trujillo supporters carrying a huge picture of the slain dictator tried to burn the headquarters of a...

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