Old Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Ciudad Trujillo
©By Danny Aquino
Translation by Gerald Singer
Photos by Gerald Singer & Habiba Hussein

Trujillo paid off the the Dominican foreign debt, but in doing so he devastated the mahogany forests. A ruthless dictator and egotist, he changed the name of the capitol city, Santo Domingo de Guzman to Ciudad Trujillo. To this day some of the sewer covers reflect the change of name as can be seen in the following photo.