hip of the Puerto Rico Sugar Company, an American owned firm), and the Grenada Fruit Company, also con trolled by American interests, were established in the Domini can Republic (Wheaton, 1984). The American political, mili tary, and economic occupation and domination of the country remained in effect officially through 1924. Between 1924 and 1930, however, the American created and controlled Dominican National Guard remained to "safeguard American interests after 4formal military withdrawal" by American forces (Wheaton, 1984, 421).
General Rafael Trujillo, commander of the American sup ported National Guard, siezed power from the elected president in 1931, because of "excessive democratic tendencies" exhibited by the president (Wheaton, 1984, 421). In spite of the repressive political measures imposed by the Trujillo govern ment, and in spite of the fact that all economic control, and most of the country's asset base were acquired either by Tru jillo, or by those who were politically close to the dictator, econom
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