The Dominican Republic, and its owner, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo

The Dominican Republic and its owner, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, observed the totalitarian regime and the existence of the government in Latin America throughout the 20th century. Countries such as Cuba, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic have suffered from the cruel rule of dictators and military leaders. However, the latter Dominican Republic was experiencing the unique change of these dictatorships in the world at the time of the world of this world, this dictatorship was great, but in the eyes of the Dominican Republic it is not fatal did.

But first, 75 years have passed since the era when it was dark and almost forgotten in the history of the Dominican Republic. In October 1937, President Rafael Leonidas Trujo ordered the execution of thousands of Haitians living in the Dominican Republic. It was later called Parsley massacre. These two countries have a long history of Hispaniola and distrust. Talk about the Holocaust and some of the work done by people to bridge the cultural disparity - two writers, Dominican, Haitian. Julia Alvarez is the author of the novel "The way Girls in Garcia lose their accent", recently "The wedding in Haiti". And Ed Widget Danticat, author of the novel 'Bone farming' and the recent 'creating danger: immigrant artists'.

October is 75 years from the darkest day in the history of the Dominican Republic. In 1937, Rafael Leonidas Trughillo ordered thousands of Haitian executions. Guest host Celeste Headlee discussed "Parsley Massacre" with two famous writers, Dominican and Haitian, Julia Alvarez and Edwidge Danticat. But first, 75 years have passed since the era when it was dark and almost forgotten in the history of the Dominican Republic. In October 1937, President Rafael Leonidas Trujo ordered the execution of thousands of Haitians living in the Dominican Republic. It was later called Parsley massacre.

In 1937, the Dominican dictator Rafael Tolho ordered the execution of the Haitian people living in the Dominican Republic. The parsley genocide known as "El Corte" (cut) in the Dominican Republic lasted about 5 days. The name comes from the assertion that his soldier of Trujillo showed parsley to the suspected Haitian and claimed that "This is what?" The Spanish-speaking Dominican is a Spanish word for parsley ("Perejil") can be pronounced completely. In Haitian Creole, the word parsley is "persil". People who misunderstood "perejil" were considered Haitian and slaughtered. The plan killed 20 thousand to 30 thousand people