In my most recent visit, I was astounded to see a statue in a prominent intersection of Santo Domingo of a "hero" who launched a quixotic attack on the US Marines from a base in........CUBA!
Yeah, not a fan of the author’s perspective, but it’s rare you see this discussed, so I posted it. The DR/Hispanola in 1965 has to be viewed through the lens of what was going on next door in Cuba. Anything else is irresponsible and myopic.
The Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, Sen. Judiciary Committee, held at least one hearing on communist infiltration of the Dominican Republic before and during the Juan Bosch administration.
Gen. Wesin Y Wesin testified about what he saw. I don’t have the volume in front of me but I should be able to find it tonight and will post its’ accurate title, date, etc.
There were much more communist infiltration than publicly known, and Bosch became a hardcore communist sympathizer despite the media’s attempts to portray him as just a Dominican moderate.
Bosch was actually a historical successor to President Arbenz of Guatemala who was ousted in a funny little coup in 1954 because he was appointing and letting Communists take over key positions in his government.
One of the best writers on this is the late Daniel James (A friend), who wrote a book on this very subject, which included captured communist documents (totally ignored by leftist historians today). Don’t remember the name of his book but I will try to find it.
Danny covered Latin America for decades.