He historian and diplomatic Victor Grimaldi put into circulation the book “They knocked down to the boss”, which is the second version of “The United States in the Overthrow of Trujillo“, published in 1985.
“They knocked down “to the boss” It was first published in 1999, when thousands of copies were printed and sold out. This, and in response to the many requests, was the reason for the new edition, printed in May of this year.
The presentation It consisted of a meeting in which interactions flowed and which, at the wish of the protagonist of the evening, lacked protocols strict.
The meeting place was the restaurant Cappuccinowhere personalities linked to diplomacy, literature or those who lived through the “Trujillo era” firsthand met, such as Salvador Pérez (El Pera), an icon of local theater, who emotionally shared with us some of the times he was saved from being counted among the many dead during the tyrant’s government.
In parallel, others were approaching Grimaldi to sign the construction site and give you some feedback on it.
About the construction site
“They knocked down “to the boss” includes the report from the United States Senate on the plot that cost the dictator his life, as well as testimonies from those who lived through the difficult period and from historians such as JoaquÃn Balaguer, Juan Bosch, Emilio Cordero Michel, Euclides Gutiérrez and José Chez Checo.
Relate events politicians and diplomats from the American Pentagon to support the regime of Trujillo in 1959.
In addition to telling about the disappearance of Trujillo It occurred in a context of international crisis involving the American continent, especially the United States, Cuba and Venezuela during 1960-1961; in addition to the military intervention of the United States in the Dominican Republic in 1960.
