1930 Dominican coup
| 1930 Dominican coup d'état | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Interwar period | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Government of the Dominican Republic | Army of the Dominican Republic | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Horacio Vasquez | Rafael Trujillo | ||||||
The 1930 Dominican coup d'état was the military coup that took place in the Dominican Republic on February 23, 1930 when the Dominican Army, led by Rafael Trujillo, overthrew President Horacio Vasquez.[1][2] Trujillo seized power, cemented his power in a rigged May 1930 election, establishing a military dictatorship that would last 31 years.[1]
Trujillo plotted with the Coalicion Patriotica de Ciudadanos, the main opposition party, against the Vasquez government.[1]
Vasquez and other adversaries of Trujillo were exiled.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Pons, Frank Moya (1990), Bethell, Leslie (ed.), "The Dominican Republic since 1930", The Cambridge History of Latin America: Volume 7: Latin America since 1930: Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, vol. 7, Cambridge University Press, pp. 509–544, doi:10.1017/chol9780521245180.012, ISBN 978-0-521-24518-0
- ^ Roorda, Eric Paul (1998). The Dictator Next Door: The Good Neighbor Policy and the Trujillo Regime in the Dominican Republic, 1930-1945. Duke University Press. pp. 31–62. doi:10.2307/j.ctv11hpkzt. ISBN 978-0-8223-9832-5.
- ^ "TRUJILLO'S FOES DEPART.; Vasquez and Other Dominicans Taking Shelter in Porto Rico". The New York Times. 1930-06-18. ISSN 0362-4331.