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Dominican Republic–Haiti relations are the diplomatic relations between the nations of Dominican Republic and Haiti. Relations have long been hostile due to substantial ethnic and cultural differences, historic conflicts, territorial disputes, and sharing the island of Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region.
The Dominican War of Independence (Spanish: Guerra de Independencia Dominicana) was a war of independence that began when the Dominican Republic declared independence from the Republic of Haiti on February 27, 1844 and ended on January 24, 1856. Before the war, the island of Hispaniola had been united for 22 years when the newly independent ...
The Haitian occupation of Santo Domingo [b] (Spanish: Ocupación haitiana de Santo Domingo; French: Occupation haïtienne de Saint-Domingue; Haitian Creole: Okipasyon ayisyen nan Sen Domeng) was the annexation and merger of then-independent Republic of Spanish Haiti (formerly Santo Domingo) into the Republic of Haiti, that lasted twenty-two years, from February 9, 1822, to February 27, 1844.
Collapse of the Third Reich. Fall of Japanese and Italian empires. Creation of the United Nations. Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers. Beginning of the Cold War. Operation Uphold Democracy. (1994–1995) Haiti. United States.
The Dominican Republic–Haiti border is an international border between the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti on the island of Hispaniola. Extending from the Caribbean Sea in the south to the Atlantic Ocean in the north, the 391 km border was agreed upon in the 1929 Dominican–Haitian border treaty.
Haitian Revolution. François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (French: [fʁɑ̃swa dɔminik tusɛ̃ luvɛʁtyʁ], English: / ˌluːvərˈtjʊər /) [2] also known as Toussaint L'Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda (20 May 1743 – 7 April 1803), was a Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution. During his life, Louverture ...
The Republic of Spanish Haiti gained independence from Spain in 1821, but was subsequently occupied by Haiti for 23 years until 1844, when it gained independence as the First Dominican Republic. The country remained independent until it was reoccupied by Spain from 1861 until 1865, when the country regained its independence as the Second ...
Dominican Civil War. American soldiers engaged in a firefight while a child takes cover under a jeep for protection in Santo Domingo on May 5, 1965. The Inter-American Peace Force (IAPF) was designed as a peacekeeping force and thus is not considered a war participant. The Dominican Civil War (Spanish: Guerra Civil Dominicana), also known as ...