The Two Caudillos
In the end it was their common enemy and perennial nemesis, Jos Francisco Pefia G6mez, who brought Joaquin Balaguer and ...
Dominican Elections: Loser Take All
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: LOSER TAKES ALL Allegations of fixed elections are still the norm for the Dominican Republic: while it seemed ...
The Eternal President
When Joaquin Balaguer was born on September 1, 1906, Theodore Roosevelt was in the White House, the Marines were occupying ...
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Beacon of Despair
In the eastern urban sprawl of Santo Domingo, a vast concrete cross-shaped structure is rising steadily into the capi- tal's ...
