Dominican Revolutionary Party
political party, Dominican Republic
Also known as: PRD, Partido Revolucionario Dominicano
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founding by Bosch
- In Juan Bosch
…in 1939 founded the leftist Dominican Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Dominicano; PRD). The PRD was the first well-organized political party of the Dominican Republic and the only one with a constructive program ready to implement after Trujillo’s death in 1961. Bosch, a dazzling and charismatic orator, won a landslide victory…
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role in Dominican Republic
- In Dominican Republic: Bosch, Balaguer, and their successors
…Bosch and his moderately reformist Dominican Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Dominicano; PRD) took power; he was the first directly elected democratic and progressive president in the country’s history. However, Bosch earned the enmity of the country’s oligarchy and key U.S. officials, and after seven hectic months he was overthrown. In…
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