The main theme is about Iraq, but occupations of three LA countries, the DR being one, are shown as examples of how occupations can have disastrous consequences.......there is a lesson somewhere in there.....the DR is still living with that legacy of corruption.
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Dominican Republic: The democratic institutions installed by the United States soon started to unravel after the Marines left the Dominican Republic in 1924, and Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, who had been groomed by the Marines to lead the Dominican National Guard, assumed dictatorial powers in 1930 that would last for more than three decades.
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Want democracy in Iraq? Culture matters. | csmonitor.com
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A little historical flashback
