The Feast of the Goat
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The Feast of the Goat is a 2000 novel by the Peruvian Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa. The book is set in the Dominican Republic and portrays the assassination of Dominican dicta
First edition (Spanish)
The Dominican Republic's dictator, and the central figure of The Feast of the Goat, Rafael Leónidas Trujillo
Joaquín Balaguer
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Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo was a Dominican politician, scholar, writer, and lawyer who was the 41st, 45th and 49th president of the Dominican Republic, serving three non-consecutive terms from 1
Balaguer in 1977
Rafael Trujillo (second from right) and Balaguer (third from right) being received in audience by Pope Pius XII (far right) in 1955
A portrait of Trujillo (left) and Balaguer (right) in 1960
Balaguer (right) and his cabinet arrive in the US for a state visit in 1988