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Boyer overthrown; Santo Domingo declares its independence and becomes the Dominican Republic.
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Dominican Republic and US sign 50-year treaty according to which the US takes over the republic's customs department in return for buying its debts.
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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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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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Bosch deposed in military coup and replaced by a three-man civilian junta.
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Joaquin Balaguer, a Trujillo protege and former leader of the Reformist Party (later to become the centre-right Christian Social Reform Party (PRSC)), is elected president.
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Two hurricanes leave more than 200,0000 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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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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Congress approves a proposed free trade agreement with the US and Central American nations. The DR enters the accord in March 2007.
