Haiti Rafael Trujillo

trujillo–vincent border meeting, 1933

haiti had historically occupied dominican republic, 1822–1844. encroachment haiti ongoing process, , when trujillo took over, northwest border region had become increasingly haitianized. border poorly defined. in 1933, , again in 1935, trujillo met haitian president sténio vincent settle border issue. 1936, reached , signed settlement. @ same time, trujillo plotted against haitian government linking general calixte, commander of garde d haiti, , Élie lescot, @ time haitian ambassador in ciudad trujillo (santo domingo). after settlement, when further border incursions occurred, trujillo initiated parsley massacre.

parsley massacre

known la masacre del perejil in spanish, trujillo started massacre in 1937. claiming haiti harboring former dominican opponents, ordered attack on border slaughtered tens of thousands of haitians tried escape. number of dead still unknown, though calculated between 20,000 , 30,000. haitian response muted, government called international investigation. under pressure washington, trujillo agreed reparation settlement in january 1938 of us$750,000. next year, amount had been reduced us$525,000 (us$8.75 million in 2017); 30 dollars per victim, of 2 cents given survivors, due corruption in haitian bureaucracy.

in 1941, lescot, had received financial support trujillo, succeeded vincent president of haiti. trujillo expected lescot puppet, lescot turned against him. trujillo unsuccessfully tried assassinate him in 1944 plot, , published correspondence discredited him. lescot exiled after 1946 palace coup.

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