The transition from dictatorship to democracy in the dominican republic

From 1844 until 1930, the Dominican Republic experienced internal war, foreign intervention, and incompetent and corrupt governments. In 1930, Rafael Leonidis Trujillo Molina, the leader of the US-created National Guard, overthrew the government and restablished an authoritarian dictatorship that lasted for over three decades. His regime ended following his assasination on 30 May 1961. In December 1962, the Dominical people began their first experience of democrating government with the election of Juan Bosch as president. Although ousted from power in 1963, he managed to return in 1965. From then on, Bosch made a number of efforts to construct Dominican democracy. Nothwithstanding the difficulty of implementing representative democracy in the Dominican Republic, the democratic legacy of Bosh continues in the hearts and minds of many Dominican people.