Remembering history

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On this day in 1965 a group of Army officers overthrew the de-facto government led by Donald Reid Cabral. Reid was part of a triumvirate government that was set up in 1963, after a coup d'etat that saw the ousting of President Juan Bosch. Bosch had been fairly elected after the assassination of dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, but his left-leaning policies led to the derailment of his government. Although the triumvirate government was supposed to share power, Reid gained considerable control. It was during this time that Francisco Alberto Caamano Deno came to light as one of the leading figures of the "April Revolution" and leader of the Constitutionalists, who wanted to re-establish the Juan Bosch government. The pro-Bosch rebels took to the streets and went on to seize control of the Presidential Palace, leading to US military intervention and an eventual truce.

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