Word: ozama
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...approximately the same time, a battalion of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division rolled out of San Isidro airbase, 14 miles away on the other side of the city. Linking up with loyal Dominican troops, the G.I.s drove up to the bridge spanning the Ozama River ?and into another volley of rebel fire. Three hours passed and the casualty toll mounted to 20 wounded before the U.S. forces could declare their objectives secured: the paratroopers to clear the approaches to the Duarte Bridge into Santo Domingo, the marines to carve a 3.5-sq.-mi. "international zone" out of the city...
...downtown El Conde and Arzobispo Nouel, Ciudad Trujillo's principal shopping streets, the stores are almost empty, and many would close if the government would let them. The third of the capital's population that lives in filthy hovels, mostly along the Ozama River, is largely unemployed, and government food kitchens supply a daily meal of rice and bananas to the hungry. The customary public works projects have been cut to the bone to relieve a $70 million budget deficit, putting thousands more out of work...