April Revolution

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The April Revolution was a 1965 uprising in the Dominican Republic that sparked the Dominican Civil War and led to U.S. military intervention amid Cold War tensions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Dominican Republic
revolution
uprising
aim restoration of Juan Bosch to the presidency
alsoKnownAs 1963 Dominican coup d’état
surface form: Dominican April Revolution

Revolución de Abril de 1965
conflict Cold War
country Dominican Republic
describedBySource Dominican Civil War
U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War
endDate 1965-09-03
followedBy U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic (1965)
surface form: U.S. military intervention in the Dominican Republic (1965)
hasCause overthrow of democratically elected president Juan Bosch in 1963
political instability after the assassination of Rafael Trujillo
hasContext fear of a second Cuba in the Caribbean by U.S. policymakers
struggle between constitutionalists and military-backed government
hasEffect Dominican Civil War
U.S. military intervention in the Dominican Republic
increased Cold War tensions in the Caribbean
hasPart Dominican Civil War
location Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
surface form: Santo Domingo
militaryInterventionBy Organization of American States
United States of America
surface form: United States
numberOfCasualties thousands of civilian and military casualties
opposingForce Constitutionalist faction
surface form: Constitutionalist forces

Loyalist military forces
Organization of American States peacekeeping force
surface form: Organization of American States peacekeeping forces

United States Armed Forces
partOf history of the Dominican Republic
pointInTime 1965
precededBy 1963 Dominican coup d'état
reasonForIntervention claimed protection of U.S. citizens
containment of perceived communist influence
relatedTo Joaquín Balaguer presidency
Rafael Trujillo
surface form: dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo

presidency of Juan Bosch
result 1966 Dominican general election
election of Joaquín Balaguer as president
interim government under Héctor García-Godoy
significantParticipant U.S. 82nd Airborne Division
surface form: 82nd Airborne Division

Elías Wessin y Wessin
Francisco Alberto Caamaño
surface form: Francisco Caamaño

Lyndon B. Johnson
United States Marine Corps
startDate 1965-04-24
temporalCoverage 1960s in the Dominican Republic

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Dominican Civil War alsoKnownAs April Revolution