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history of the Dominican Republic
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  • Introduction
  • The colonial era in the Dominican Republic
  • Power struggles and Dominican nationalism
    • Haitian occupation
    • Caudillos
    • Intervention by the United States
  • Civil unrest, dictatorship, and democracy
    • The Trujillo regime
    • Bosch, Balaguer, and their successors
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Juan Pablo Duarte
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