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Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

Landing of Columbus

Santo Domingo: cathedral of Santa María la Menor

Toussaint Louverture

Juan Pablo Duarte

Buenaventura Báez

Rafael Trujillo

Rómulo Betancourt

Joaquín Balaguer and Leonel Fernández Reyna

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achievement of independence
- In West Indies: Decolonization of the West Indies
baseball
- In baseball: Baseball in Latin America
- In Latin Americans in Major League Baseball Through the First Years of the 21st Century: The 1960s through the 1990s
Hispanic Americans
- In Hispanic Americans: Portrait of ethnic diversity
Latin American dance
- In Latin American dance: Dominican Republic and Haiti
Organization of American States
- In Organization of American States: Relations with member countries
Venezuela
- In Venezuela: Technocrats and party politics

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Báez
- In Buenaventura Báez
Johnson
- In 20th-century international relations: The Cuban missile crisis
Roosevelt
- In Theodore Roosevelt: Foreign policy
Toussaint-Louverture
- In Toussaint Louverture: Rise to power
Wilson
- In Woodrow Wilson: First term as president of Woodrow Wilson

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	New article added.	Jeff Wallenfeldt	Sep 07, 2023