Dominican Republic, 1965 — coup (actor type unspecified) attempt
Event Summary
The dataset records an event coded as a coup in the Dominican Republic on 22 November 1965, during the tense standoff that followed the April 1965 civil war and the United States military intervention that had blocked the return to power of the constitutionalist Juan Bosch. By late 1965 the country was under a provisional government headed by Hector Garcia Godoy, installed under an Organization of American States peace formula, with an Inter American Peace Force still on Dominican soil and deep hostility between the constitutionalist rebels and the loyalist military led by figures such as General Elias Wessin y Wessin. Garcia Godoy struggled to assert authority over defiant military commanders, and this period saw repeated confrontations and threatened risings by hardline officers resisting his efforts to send both rebel and loyalist leaders abroad.
His provisional government survived the turbulence and organized the June 1966 elections won by Joaquin Balaguer, restoring an elected government.
Researched Details
Researched
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Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Datasets agree. At least two of the three reference datasets we check against carry this event, and none of them disagrees about its date or its result.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
04211221965- Albrecht/Koehler/Schutz (CAM) id
CAM-42-1965-11-22-2
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: Provisional President Hector Garcia Godoy survived the late 1965 military defiance and organized the 1966 elections.
Baseline coding: Coup attempt failed to remove the incumbent. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
CSP
Luttwak
Irish Times
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