The Health King of the Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic had been a country, but not really because of how badly it worked. Trujillo understood one of the things he has to do is build a sense of nationalism. He would like sit out in his palace with a telescope and see if people were paying enough attention to the national anthem. When he noticed people weren't, he took action as this passage from Espele's book describes. One morning, soldiers clad in civilian clothes swarmed into the square, they clobbered everyone who didn't stand up for the anthem and flag.