Sunday, November 17, 2013

1916: Ocupación Yanqui de la República Dominicana


Álvarez Quiñones, Roberto, 1916: Ocupación Yanqui de la República Dominicana, La Habana: Casa de las Américas, 1978.

The United States occupation of the Dominican Republic occurred from 1916 to 1924. It was one of the many interventions in Latin America undertaken by American military forces. On May 13, 1916,[1] Rear Admiral William B. Caperton forced the Dominican Republic's Secretary of War Desiderio Arias, who had seized power from Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra, to leave Santo Domingo by threatening the city with naval bombardment.


Roberto Alvarez Quiñones is a veteran journalist and economic analyst who worked for 20 years in Granma, the official organ of the Communist Party of Cuba. He worked as an editor and columnist for the daily La Opinión in Los Angeles, from 1996-2008. Former university professor and former economic analyst for U.S. Hispanic TV.

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