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death two years later, despite the fact that he prolonged the Trujillo-style dictatorship for
decades. His most lasting legacy may be the Faro a Colón, an enormously expensive
monument to the discovery of the Americas that drained Santo Domingo of electricity
whenever the lighthouse was turned on.
In honor of the Mirabal sisters (Minerva, Paria and Maria Teresa), activists who were murdered
by Trujillo's agents, the UN declared November 25, the day of their death, International Day for
the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
