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Dominican Republic, the last 100 years.
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US forces occupy the Dominican Republic following internal disorder.
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General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina establishes personal dictatorship following the overthrow of President Horacio Vazquez.
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Army massacres 19,000-20,000 Haitians living in areas of the Dominican Republic adjacent to Haiti.
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Organization of American States adopts resolution calling for severance of diplomatic ties with the Dominican Republic.
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Trujillo assassinated.
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Juan Bosch, founder of the leftist Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) elected president in the first democratic elections for nearly four decades.
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Some 30,000 US troops invade the Dominican Republic following a pro-Bosch uprising.
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Joaquin Balaguer, a Trujillo protégé and former leader of the Reformist Party (later to become the center-right Christian Social Reform Party (PRSC)), is elected president.
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Two hurricanes leave more than 200,000 people homeless and cause damage worth 1 billion dollars as the economy continues to deteriorate due to high fuel prices and low sugar prices.
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Another PRD candidate, Jorge Blanco, elected president.
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IMF-prescribed austerity measures, including price rises for basic foods and petrol, lead to widespread riots.
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Jorge Blanco tried in absentia and found guilty of corruption during his presidential tenure.
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Balaguer re-elected, but agrees to serve only a two-year term after being accused of fraud.
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Hurricane George causes widespread devastation.
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US jet bound for Santo Domingo crashes in New York killing all 255 people on board. Three days of national mourning declared.
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Former president Joaquin Balaguer dies aged 95; thousands pay their last respects to a man who dominated politics for more than 50 years.
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Deadly clashes between police and protesters during demonstrations against high prices, power cuts. Two months later, demonstrations about economic policies leave at least five dead.
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Severe floods in the south-west, and in parts of neighboring Haiti, leave more than 2,000 dead or disappeared.
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More than 130 inmates die in a prison fire. The blaze followed a riot at the jail, in the eastern town of Higuey.
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Dominican Republic tightens border restrictions to prevent cholera spreading from Haiti.
