Trópico de sangre is a 2010 drama film based on the true story of the Dominican Republic's heroic Mirabal sisters.
The Mirabal sisters were four sisters from the Dominican Republic, three of whom opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo and were involved in clandestine activities against his regime. The three sisters were assassinated on 25 November 1960. The last sister, Adela, who was not involved in political activities at the time, died of natural causes on 1 February 2014.
Patria, Minerva and María Teresa.
The house in which the Mirabal sisters lived in 1960 is now a museum in Salcedo, Dominican Republic.
The old house of the Mirabal family and the residence of Dedé Mirabal until her death on 1 February 2014, aged 88.
Mirabal Sisters Campus, housing KIPP Washington Heights, MS 319 Maria Teresa, and MS 324 Patria Mirabal, in Washington Heights, Manhattan