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History of the Dominican Republic
From the Taíno to Columbus, the sugarcane colonies, the Trujillo dictatorship, and up to modern democracy — the history of the Dominican Republic explains why the country is the way it is today.
5 Abschnitte in diesem Kapitel
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Taíno & the Arrival of the Europeans (until 1500)
Long before Christopher Columbus set foot on the island, Hispaniola was home to the Taíno — an Arawak people who called…
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Colonial Period & Santo Domingo (1496–1795)
In 1496, Columbus' brother Bartolomé founded the city of Santo Domingo on the southern bank of the Río Ozama — the sett…
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Haitian Rule & Independence (1795–1865)
The history now becomes complicated — and explains much about the current relationship between the Dominican Republic a…
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The Trujillo Dictatorship (1930–1961)
No figure has shaped the Dominican Republic as much as Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina — the most brutal dictator in Ca…
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Modern Democracy (1961–present)
After Trujillo's death, a turbulent transition period began. In 1962, Juan Bosch became president in the first free ele…
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