What Is The Trujillo Movement?

Like urban music in the United States, bachata began as music for poor and dispossessed. Originating in the Dominican Republic, it reflects the social and economic dislocation of the poorest Dominicans. Derived from the Latin American tradition of guitar music, bachata emerged in the 1960s only to be denigrated by the media, mainstream musicians, and middle- and upper-class Dominicans, mainly because the lyrics often about hard drinking, women troubles, illicit sex, and male bravado were considered vulgar and worthless.
Deborah Pacini Hernandez is Associate Professor of Anthropology, Director American Studies and Latino Studies Programs at Tufts University. Hernandez traces the impact of political upheaval and rural migrations on the development
Pretending to be ‘neutral’ during the rebellion against President Horacio, Trujillo was offered candidacy in the presidential elections. Through pestering and extortion of the other running candidates by the army, Trujillo was the only candidate for presidency left, in consequence, winning the elections evidently.
On May 30th, 1961 Trujillo was assassinated and within 6 months after his death, his whole family was deported, and the Trujillo Era came to an absolute end.
Trujillo was not a fan of Bachata music since it was music for lower class. He was a fan of merengue. Merengue is a type of dance that is most strongly identified with the Dominican Republic. It has spread by the large numbers of Dominicans immigrating to the United States, bringing the merengue with them.
There are many theories regarding the origin of merengue, which will be discussed in this report. One of them being that the black slaves saw the ballroom dances in the Big Houses and when they had their own festivities started mimicking the "masters' dances". However, the Europeans dances were not very exciting, so over time, the slaves added the use of the drums to make the dance more
It was considered by some to be the music of the under-class; therefore it was of bad taste to even listen to it. Another reason why it was rejected was the strong content lyrics, generating rejection and attacks against merengue. Even today some songs are still banned from Dominican radio stations due to the poor lyrics.
While Hernandez was looking for more research one record store owner explained to her that they didn’t sell bachata records because they did not want to attract the clientele who listened to it. However, in 1990 the status of bachata began to change with the release of Bachata Rosa, a record album by Juan Luis Guerra. In 1991, he released Bachata Rose which became a smash hit throughout the Americas and Guerra was nominated for his first Grammy in the U.S. When he won a Grammy in 1992 for his album Bachata Rosa did bachata gain legitimacy and international