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Dominican Republic: Dictator Trujillo was who he was because he was a lefty

Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina

A book that was presented today in Madrid discusses the mindset of Dominican dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo (1891-1961) from the theory of the cerebral hemispheres to conclude that left-handedness influenced his behavior.

  "Trujillo was left-handed. According to this theory, lefties are governed by the right side of his brain, while righties are governed by the left. This implies a way of interpreting the world, of interpreting life, "Efe said the author of the book," The job of brainwashing, "Cassandro Fortuna.

  According to the writer, the Dominican dictator was a person that was "intuitive, with lots of imagination," in front of people and was governed by the left brain, "which are rational and analytical."

"To mount a dictatorship one must have little sense/judgement, one must rationalize very little. A reasonable person, that reasons, says to himself, 'I will not get into that,' "said Fortune, who noted how historical figures like Adolf Hitler, Osama bin Laden and Hugo Chavez were also lefties. 

 The book, presented today at the headquarters of the Ibero-American Secretariat in a ceremony attended by the Dominican ambassador in Spain, Cesar Medina.  It was first published in 2007 in the Dominican Republic as well as in Spain.  The author wants to promote it in other European countries.

"The job of brainwashing" addressed the mindset of Trujillo (the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Trujillo was last May) from the principles of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), the theory of the cerebral hemispheres and personality theory authoritative point of view of the Frankfurt School.

  The Era of Trujillo (1930-1961), known as the period in the country, is considered by many to be one of the bloodiest regimes in Latin America.

Editorial Note: This book is wrong. Trujillo was right, according to people who knew him. He signed with the right hand and used his gun in the right side.

The author of the book RLT is a Dominican journalist  

Cassandro Fortuna is a native of San Juan de la Maguana, where he has worked as a journalist for decades and recently invested in law.

Editor of the online newspaper "El Granero del Sur" and developed great activity as a "blogger". Among the cited blogs that he published "The Official Page of Cassandro Fortuna," "The Drawer of Dreams", "United for Youth Sport" and "All News".

 The author states that his interests are in politics, the world of books, and just causes.

Besides "The art of brainwashing," Fortune has published "The Museum of the Ruins" (1999), "Miss Victory" (2007), stories of suspense, and "San Juan de la Maguana: between Nitzche and Jose Ortega y Gasset. "(Read the article in Spanish)

Fuente: caribe net news

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