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The recorded history of the Dominican Republic began in 1492 when Christopher Columbus, working for the Crown of Castile, arrived at a large island in the western Atlantic Ocean, later known as the Caribbean. The native Taíno people, an Arawakan people, had inhabited the island during the pre-Columbian era, dividing it into five chiefdoms.
3 August 1960 Resigned. Puppet president of Rafael Trujillo. Joaquín Balaguer (1906–2002) — 3 August 1960 31 December 1961 1 year, 150 days PD: Vice-president under Héctor Trujillo, assumed the presidency after his resignation. Puppet president of Rafael Trujillo until the assassination of Trujillo on 30 May 1961. Resigned. Council of ...
The 1963 Dominican coup d'état was a coup d'état that took place on 25 September 1963 against President Juan Bosch in the Dominican Republic. Juan Bosch had been the first democratically elected president after the assassination of the former dictator Rafael Trujillo , but he faced criticism due to his policies, which were seen as leftist.
Juan Emilio Bosch Gaviño was the first democratically elected president of the Dominican Republic. Sworn into office on February 27, 1963, he tried to implement a number of social reforms, which caused the anger of the business magnates and members of the army, who initiated a rumor campaign that accused Bosch of being a communist.
Dominican Republic portal; History portal; ... Pages in category "1960s in the Dominican Republic" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina (/ t r uː ˈ h iː j oʊ / troo-HEE-yoh; Spanish: [rafaˈel leˈoniðas tɾuˈxiʝo moˈlina]; 24 October 1891 – 30 May 1961), nicknamed El Jefe (Spanish: [el ˈxefe]; meaning the boss), was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until his assassination in May 1961. [2]
A project by actors, producers and activists Eva Longoria and Dania Ramirez puts a spotlight on a family of Dominican women who fought against a brutal dictatorship and gave up everything in the ...
The Triumvirate of 1963 was a short-lived three man civilian junta that controlled the Dominican Republic after the 1963 Dominican Coup d'état.After deposing the democratically elected president Juan Bosch the military established a three-man military junta headed by General Imbert Barrera, Luis Amiamo Tio & Victor Elby Vinas Roman but was forced to create the civilian junta after ...