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Events relating to the dominican republic
The other half of Hispaniola joins Haiti in declaring independence, as the Dominican Republic
Ulises Heureaux becomes dictator of the Dominican Republic and retains power until assassinated in 1899
Woodrow Wilson sends the marines to maintain order when the Dominican Republic slips towards civil war
Rafael Trujillo establishes a dictatorship in the Dominican Republic that will last for 30 years
Rafael Trujillo, dictator of the Dominican Republic for the past 30 years, is killed by a machine-gun attack on his car
US marines intervene in civil war in the Dominican Republic to prevent a communist takeover
Joaquin Balaguer, a close associate of Trujillo, is elected president of the Dominican Republic