Rafael Trujillo


There is a tendency amongst autocrats and dictators to name things after themselves. I suppose it can’t help but boost your ego to have cities, mountains, flowers and even the days of the week reflecting your personal glory. To really appreciate the extent of dictator megalomania you could visit Stalingrad (mercifully permitted to assume the more sensible name of Volgograd in 1961). Or you could celebrate […]

Trujillo great?