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Originally Posted by Mr. Lu
Pedro Santana(1844-1848, 1853-1856, and 1858-1861), Ulises Heureaux(1883-1899), and Rafael Trujillo (1830-1961) were three of the DR's military dictators. All did a masterful job of modernizing the nation and distributing wealth among the proletariat (Insert sarcasm here). And Trujillo was the consummate example of a US trained puppet, but caused more havoc among his own people than expected. This was the case in post WWII US policy in the region, which preferred "stable" non communist governments to good leaders.
Mr. Lu
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I just finished reading "The Dominican Republic" A National History by Frank Moya Pons. From the Haitian Domination [1809 to 1843] through to April 25th 1965 when the Bosch followers organized to destroy the old Trujilloist army and President Johnson sent 42,000 troops to restore piece and save the country from the becoming a second Cuba. They have had a lot of military dictators both big and small over a period of 150 years.
Very interesting reading.