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María Minerva Mirabal Reyes (March 12, 1926 - November 25, 1960), or Minerva, was a Dominican political activist and revolutionary. She was the third of the Mirabal sisters, [1] Minerva and her sisters began to speak out against the oppressive dictatorship of Generalissimo Rafael Leonidas Trujillo and conducted clandestine activities against his regime.
The old house of the Mirabal family and the residence of Dedé Mirabal until her death on 1 February 2014, aged 88. [9] According to historian Bernard Diederich, the sisters' assassinations "had greater effect on Dominicans than most of Trujillo's other crimes". The killings, he wrote, "did something to their machismo" and paved the way for ...
In the Dominican Republic, three of the Mirabal sisters— Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa, outspoken opponents of dictator Rafael Trujillo, were killed along with their driver, Rufino de la Cruz, in what the government described as an "automobile accident". When it was discovered that the four had been shot to death before their car was ...
Their sister, Dedé Mirabal, kept her distance from this resistance movement against El Jefe, aka Trujillo. Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa were assassinated due to their part in the resistance ...
The actors’ new scripted podcast with iHeartMedia’s My Cultura Network “Sisters of the Underground,” tells the true story of the Mirabal sisters, Patria, Minerva and María Teresa ...
According to In the Time of the Butterflies (ISBN 0-452-27442-7), within the introduction, the birth and death dates of the 3 sisters are as follows: Patria Mercedes Mirabal Feb 27, 1924 - Nov 25, 1960 Minerva Mirabal Mar 12, 1926 - Nov 25, 1960 María Teresa Mirabal Oct 15, 1935 - Nov 25, 1960
In July 2008, the president of the Minerva Mirabal Foundation, Carlos Leiter, publicly criticized the film, specifically the involvement of actress Michelle Rodriguez due to her past legal issues. Leiter threatened to sue Rodriguez and her co-producers citing illegal use of the Mirabal name, unless charitable organizations of his choice ...
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...