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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1963, Feb. 27 | |
| Bosch took office as the country's first constitutionally elected president since 1924. He was a well-known anti-Trujillo journalist and reformer who had pledged agrarian reform. Bosch immediately went to work on a new constitution, providing for a democratic system. He was opposed by traditional elites who, fearing their country would become “another Cuba,” quickly began to work for his removal. | 1 |
| Sept. 25 | |
| Military leaders overthrew the government of Pres. Bosch in a bloodless coup. The U.S. suspended diplomatic ties and economic aid. In the following months, conflict between pro-Bosch constitutionalists (mainly students and laborers) and the military escalated to the point of civil war. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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