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Salvador Jorge Blanco
president of Dominican Republic
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history of the Dominican Republic
- In Dominican Republic: Bosch, Balaguer, and their successors
…succeeded by another PRD candidate, Salvador Jorge Blanco, who served as president in 1982–86. Thus, the country completed eight years of truly democratic government, the longest in its history to that point. But Jorge Blanco was faced with falling sugar prices on world markets, widespread corruption in the government bureaucracy,…
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