Word: dominican
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...chief reason for the downfall of Juan Bosch in the Dominican Republic last month was that "he falled to develop a dialogue with the military." Peter H. Darrow '64, who spent six weeks in the Caribbean republic this summer, told the Latin American Seminar last night...
...Santo Domingo's presidential palace one day last week, a new government was sworn into office while sev eral dozen military officers looked on approvingly. On the floor above, locked in his quarters was the Dominican Republic's elected President, Juan Bosch, 54. Thus, in another of the military coups that afflict Latin America, ended the small Caribbean country's first experiment with democracy in 38 years...
...Open. Almost from the start, Dominican conservatives complained that Bosch was soft on Communism. He permitted the return of exiles, and far leftists poured in from every side. To all criticism, Bosch answered that he wanted the Reds out in the open, where he could watch them. But this only hardened the conservative anger and prompted repeated ultimatums...
...DOMINICAN REGIME NEAR COLLAPSE. screamed a New York World-Telegram headline last week. "The government of President Juan Bosch," wrote Hal Hendrix, 41, the Telly's new Latin American correspondent, "may not survive the year." In less than a day, events caught up with the forecast (see THE HEMISPHERE). "How's this for bull's-eye reporting?" asked the Telly...
Relations between the United States and the President steadily worsened until last April when palace intrigue, a threatened Dominican invasion, and a final refusal to hold elections brought the United States to the verge of marine invasion. Port-au-Prince has since ceased to be a port of call for the dollar bearing Caribbean cruise ships. All but one of the six international airlines that serviced Haiti have suspended operations and, at that, Pan American's daily flight carries more people out than...