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The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
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Dominican Republic
Country in the Caribbean
The Dominican Republic is a country in the Caribbean located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and a land border with Haiti to the west, occupying the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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20th-century Dominican politician and writer
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Leader of the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1961
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