Word: trinitaria
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Half-hearted is Trujillo's adulation, and half-hearted his opposition. Last week was the anniversary of the founding, in 1838. of La Trinitaria, a secret patriotic society devoted to freeing the country from Haitian occupation. In the 2Qth year of the "Era of Trujillo," Trinitaria is back in business as the anti-Trujillo underground. Three-man cells are forming. For protection against Trujillo's secret police, only one member of each cell knows the name of one member of another cell. But the underground is small and probably futile...
...fueled by a $60 million slump in exports (caused mostly by the drop in commodity prices) and new import duties to pay for Trujillo's $5,000,000 arms purchases abroad. But few are willing to jump from passive opposition to active rebellion by joining Trinitaria at home or one of the exile groups abroad. They fear now that revolution might lead to Castro-style measures against themselves...
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