1963 Dominican coup d’état

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military coup d’état political event

The 1963 Dominican coup d’état was a military overthrow of democratically elected President Juan Bosch that destabilized the Dominican Republic and set the stage for the later Dominican Civil War.

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Label Occurrences
1963 Dominican coup d’état canonical 1
1963 Dominican military coup 1
Dominican April Revolution 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military coup d’état ⓘ
political event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1963 Dominican coup d’état ⓘ
surface form: 1963 Dominican military coup

1963 coup in the Dominican Republic ⓘ
cause Cold War anti-communist fears among Dominican military and elites ⓘ
military dissatisfaction with civilian government ⓘ
opposition of conservative elites to Juan Bosch’s reforms ⓘ
consequence erosion of democratic institutions in the Dominican Republic ⓘ
military dominance over civilian politics ⓘ
polarization between constitutionalists and loyalists ⓘ
political instability in the Dominican Republic ⓘ
constitutionalStatusAfter constitution suspended ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Dominican Republic ⓘ
date 1963-09-25 ⓘ
endDate 1963-09-25 ⓘ
followedBy U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic (1965) ⓘ
surface form: 1965 United States intervention in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Civil War ⓘ
governmentTypeAfter military junta ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1960s ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
keyFigure Elías Wessin y Wessin ⓘ
Víctor Elby Viñas Román ⓘ
languageOfCountry Spanish ⓘ
ledTo Dominican Civil War ⓘ
surface form: 1965 Dominican Civil War

increased U.S. concern over Dominican political trajectory ⓘ
location Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ⓘ
surface form: Santo Domingo
overthrew Juan Bosch government ⓘ
overthrewGovernmentOf Dominican Republic ⓘ
perpetrator Dominican Army ⓘ
surface form: Dominican Armed Forces

Dominican Army ⓘ
surface form: Dominican military officers
politicalContext United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ
surface form: Cold War in Latin America

post-Trujillo Dominican Republic ⓘ
precededBy 1962 Dominican general election ⓘ
region Hispaniola ⓘ
removedFromOffice Juan Bosch ⓘ
removedLeaderParty Dominican Revolutionary Party ⓘ
removedLeaderTitle President of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
result establishment of a military junta ⓘ
interruption of democratic rule in the Dominican Republic ⓘ
overthrow of President Juan Bosch ⓘ
suspension of the 1963 Dominican Constitution ⓘ
startDate 1963-09-25 ⓘ
subregion Caribbean ⓘ
target Dominican Revolutionary Party government ⓘ
Juan Bosch ⓘ
timeSincePreviousDictatorship approximately 2 years after the end of the Trujillo dictatorship ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dominican Civil War → relatedTo → 1963 Dominican coup d’état ⓘ
1963 Dominican coup d’état → alsoKnownAs → 1963 Dominican coup d’état ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1963 Dominican military coup
April Revolution → alsoKnownAs → 1963 Dominican coup d’état ⓘ
subject surface form: April Revolution (Dominican Republic)
this entity surface form: Dominican April Revolution
Revolución de Abril de 1965 → relacionadoCon → 1963 Dominican coup d’état ⓘ
this entity surface form: Triunvirato dominicano (1963-1965)
U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic (1965) → precededBy → 1963 Dominican coup d’état ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dominican coup d’état of 1963