93.
Narciso González Medina was a well know activist and critic of the dictatorial regime
of Trujillo, and also of Joaquín Balaguer, and during the latter’s 12-year Government (supra
para. 88), he was on the Board of the Dominican Students Federation, where he received
the nickname “Narcisazo,” under which he was usually known. 98 He was a lawyer and
excelled as a professor, giving classes in the Arts Department of the Humanities Faculty of
the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (hereinafter “UASD”). 99 He also acted as
adviser to university student groups, as well as to cultural and grass-roots clubs. 100
94.
Narciso González was a prominent columnist, 101 television scriptwriter, poet,
essayist, cultural facilitator for labor unions and grass-roots groups, journalist and
humorist. 102 As Mr. González Medina himself explained, his articles, columns and scripts
were “humorous political and social essays […] written to denounce” the problems of the
Dominican Republic under the different governments “and to galvanize the masses by
showing them the absurdities of their oppressors.” 103 At the time of his disappearance, he
was not a member of any political party. However, according to expert witness Rafael
Molina Morillo, “the vertical nature of his stance opposing the Balaguer regime caused him
to lose jobs in the media and so he himself began to produce humorous magazines of a
political nature in which he satirized the political leaders in power and the right-wing
opposition.” 104
B.4) The circumstances surrounding
González Medina
the disappearance of
Narciso
98
Cf. Testimony provided by expert witness Robert Salvador Vargas, supra note 90, folio 1178; affidavit
made by witness Juan Bolívar Díaz Santana on June 16, 2011 (merits file, tome III, folio 1125), and biographical
data of Narciso González (Narcisazo), published in La Muralla magazine (file of attachments to the application,
attachment 4, folio 3755).
99
Cf. Testimony provided by expert witness Rafael Molina Morillo, supra note 93, folio 1083; book entitled
“Narcisazo ¿Dónde estás?” by José Díaz (file of attachments to the pleadings and motions brief, attachment 3, folio
4724), and summary of the statement made by Roberto José Santana Sánchez, then UASD Rector, on August 14,
1998, before the Seventh Investigating Court, cited in the August 24, 2001, ruling of the National District Seventh
Investigating Court. Decisions Nos. 195/2001 and 110-2001 (file of attachments to the application, attachment 14,
folio 4384). According to the testimony of Mario Suriel Núñez, at the time of the facts, Mr. González Medina was
not giving classes in the UASD. Similarly, his daughter Jennie Rosanna González Ramírez stated that her father was
on sabbatical leave from the UASD. Cf. Testimony of Mario Suriel Núñez before the Inter-American Court during
the public hearing held in this case on June 28, 2011, and affidavit made by Jennie Rosanna González Ramírez on
June 16, 2011 (merits file, tome III, folio 1123).
100
Cf. “Narcisazo ¿Dónde estás?”, supra note 99, folio 4724; testimony provided by expert witness José
Antinoe Fiallo Billini, supra note 85, folio 1167, and affidavit made by witness Manuel de Jesús de la Rosa Hidalgo
on June 16, 2011 (merits file, tome III, folio 1135).
101
Inter alia, he published a column entitled “El lado flaco de las cosas gordas” in the El Sol newspaper and,
in the La Noticia newspaper, he published the column “El Pueblo se queja en verso”. Cf. “Narcisazo ¿Dónde estás?”,
supra note 99, folio 4724. According to Juan Bolívar Díaz, the column “El Pueblo se queja en verso” was published
in the El Sol newspaper. Cf. Testimony given by witness Juan Bolívar Díaz Santana, supra note 98, folio 1124.
102
Cf. ���Narcisazo ¿Dónde estás?”, supra note 99, folios 4724 to 4735; testimony given by witness Juan
Bolívar Díaz, supra note 98, folio 1124, and testimony provided by expert witness Rafael Molina Morillo, supra note
93, folio 1084.
103
The essay entitled “El Humor tiene Bandera,” by Narciso González Medina, can be found in “Narcisazo
¿Dónde estás?”, supra note 99, folio 4728.
104
Testimony provided by expert witness Rafael Molina Morillo, supra note 93, folios 1083 and 1084. See
also: “Narcisazo ¿Dónde estás?”, supra note 99, folio 4724; biographical data of Narciso González (Narcisazo)
published in La Muralla magazine, supra note 98, folios 3755 and 3756, and testimony given by witness Manuel de
Jesús de la Rosa Hidalgo, supra note 100, folios 1135 and 1136.
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