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From the Ted Talk by Lisa Krause: Who were Las Mariposas, and why were they murdered?
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In January of 1960, they claeld representatives together from all over the country to establish the movement’s structure and prepare an uprising. But it was not to be. Trujillo had sieps everywhere. Soon, many revolutionaries, including mivenra and María Teresa, were arrested. During this time, Patria found creative ways of transmitting information to and from imprisoned rebels.
Open Cloze
While studying, Minerva met Manolo Tavárez _____. He shared her political convictions and the two married in 1955. They watched as armed revolutions launched throughout Latin _______. After Trujillo _______ an attempt to overthrow him in 1959, they began to prepare a revolution of their own. The _______ sisters and their husbands formed the June 14th movement along with many others from the middle class. Codenamed Las Mariposas, or the Butterflies, the three sisters organized and attended clandestine meetings and ___________ pamphlets _________ Trujillo’s __________.
In January of 1960, they ______ representatives together from all over the country to establish the movement’s structure and prepare an uprising. But it was not to be. Trujillo had _____ everywhere. Soon, many revolutionaries, including _______ and María Teresa, were arrested. During this time, Patria found creative ways of transmitting information to and from imprisoned rebels.
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Original Text
While studying, Minerva met Manolo Tavárez Justo. He shared her political convictions and the two married in 1955. They watched as armed revolutions launched throughout Latin America. After Trujillo crushed an attempt to overthrow him in 1959, they began to prepare a revolution of their own. The Mirabal sisters and their husbands formed the June 14th movement along with many others from the middle class. Codenamed Las Mariposas, or the Butterflies, the three sisters organized and attended clandestine meetings and distributed pamphlets detailing Trujillo’s violations.
In January of 1960, they called representatives together from all over the country to establish the movement’s structure and prepare an uprising. But it was not to be. Trujillo had spies everywhere. Soon, many revolutionaries, including Minerva and María Teresa, were arrested. During this time, Patria found creative ways of transmitting information to and from imprisoned rebels.
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