Constitutionalist movement of 1965

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The Constitutionalist movement of 1965 was a Dominican uprising that sought to restore the democratically elected government of Juan Bosch and defend the 1963 constitution against a military-backed regime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
aimedTo restore the 1963 Dominican constitution ⓘ
restore the democratically elected government of Juan Bosch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constitutionalist Revolution of 1965 ⓘ
Revolución de Abril de 1965 ⓘ
characterizedBy mass civilian participation ⓘ
urban warfare in Santo Domingo ⓘ
chronology followed the 1963 Dominican coup d’état ⓘ
conflictType civil war ⓘ
consequence election of Joaquín Balaguer as president ⓘ
country Dominican Republic ⓘ
demanded reinstatement of the 1963 constitution ⓘ
return of Juan Bosch to the presidency ⓘ
endTime 1965-09 ⓘ
hasCause 1963 Dominican military coup d’état ⓘ
overthrow of President Juan Bosch ⓘ
hasContext Dominican Republic–United States relations ⓘ
anti-dictatorial struggles in the Caribbean ⓘ
hasParticipant Organization of American States peacekeeping forces ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
constitutionalists ⓘ
loyalist military forces ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cold War ⓘ
ideology constitutionalism ⓘ
democratic restoration ⓘ
ledBy Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó ⓘ
location Santo Domingo ⓘ
notableCommander Elías Wessin y Wessin ⓘ
Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó ⓘ
opposed military-backed regime of Donald Reid Cabral ⓘ
opposedBy Dominican military high command ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
opposedGovernment Triumvirate government of Donald Reid Cabral ⓘ
opposedIdeology military authoritarianism ⓘ
partOf Dominican Civil War ⓘ
relatedEvent Operation Power Pack ⓘ
result 1966 Dominican general election ⓘ
defeat of the constitutionalist forces ⓘ
installation of a provisional government ⓘ
significantPlace Ciudad Nueva district of Santo Domingo ⓘ
Santo Domingo National Palace ⓘ
startTime 1965-04-24 ⓘ
supportedBy followers of Juan Bosch ⓘ
left-leaning political groups in the Dominican Republic ⓘ
triggeredInterventionBy Organization of American States ⓘ
United States ⓘ

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Francisco Alberto Caamaño → movement → Constitutionalist movement of 1965 ⓘ
Constitutionalist movement of 1965 → alsoKnownAs → Constitutionalist Revolution of 1965 ⓘ
linked to: Constitutionalist movement of 1965