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Originally Posted by Mr. Lu
So in the end how do I revert back to my original question? In the 1960's military was strong. It had numbers, it had guns, and it had the anti-communist heal to lean on. The region was still influenced by military dictatorships so why didn't this trend continue in the DR? Why weren't there any domestic military coups attempts? Why haven't we seen a stronger voice from military now, as we see in other nations?
Mr. Lu
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In the elections of December 1962, Juan Bosch won by a landslide with something like 60%+ of the votes. On February 27th, 1963 he took office and tragically 7 months later was overthrown by a
military coup led by Colonel Wessin y Wessin. He was replaced by a three man civilian junta known as the Triumvirate. So approximately 3 years after the death of the goat, there was a military coup.
