The Dominican civil war began on April 24th 1965 and it served as the climax to the fight for democracy that had begun with the assassination of Trujillo in 1961. Like all powerful movements, the 1965 civil war began with the young people of the Dominican Republic. Young adults and teenagers who had lived most of their lives under a dictatorship sought to fight, even if to the death, for the end to political limitations and the fear brought forth from the old regime. They sought the birth of a new, free, and democratic Dominican Republic.
The 1965 conflict began when young military officials sought to restore the constitutional governemt put in place by the then exiled ex-president Juan Bosch, this was the country’s first democratically elected governement afetr the death of Trujillo. Bosch was president for a mere seven months due to his actions in passing the 1963 Constitution, that would establish a freedom of religious expression, political freedom, the return of those exiled during the Trujillo regime, the …show more content…
Under their leadership, the country begins to economically deteriorate. There is also major administrative corruption that plagues every part of the government, which inspires the revolt of April 24, 1965.
Under the guidance of young officer Col. Rafael Tomás Fernández Domínguez, a group of young officials begin to conspire with the motive to bring back the 1963 Constitution, something the people of the country had been demanding.
On April 24, 1965, Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez spoke to the people through a radio transmission, asking them to take up arms and storm the streets in support of the coup against the ruling trio and through those means reestablish the government of Juan Bosch. The people did just that, and inspired by his message took the streets demanding the return of a constitutionalized
The 1965 conflict began when young military officials sought to restore the constitutional governemt put in place by the then exiled ex-president Juan Bosch, this was the country’s first democratically elected governement afetr the death of Trujillo. Bosch was president for a mere seven months due to his actions in passing the 1963 Constitution, that would establish a freedom of religious expression, political freedom, the return of those exiled during the Trujillo regime, the …show more content…
Under their leadership, the country begins to economically deteriorate. There is also major administrative corruption that plagues every part of the government, which inspires the revolt of April 24, 1965.
Under the guidance of young officer Col. Rafael Tomás Fernández Domínguez, a group of young officials begin to conspire with the motive to bring back the 1963 Constitution, something the people of the country had been demanding.
On April 24, 1965, Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez spoke to the people through a radio transmission, asking them to take up arms and storm the streets in support of the coup against the ruling trio and through those means reestablish the government of Juan Bosch. The people did just that, and inspired by his message took the streets demanding the return of a constitutionalized