Military occupation
Military occupation, also known as belligerent occupation or simply occupation, is the effective military control by a ruling power over a territory that is outside of that power's sovereign territory.Eyāl Benveniśtî. The international law ...
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Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...
have occurred several times, including:
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Haitian occupation of the Dominican Republic, from 1822 to 1844
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Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic
In 1861, Dominican general Pedro Santana suggested retaking control of the Dominican Republic to Queen Isabella II of Spain, after a period of 17 years of Dominican sovereignty. The newly independent Dominican Republic was recovering economicall ...
, from 1861 to 1865
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United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–24) Military occupations of the Dominican Republic have occurred several times, including:
* Haitian occupation of the Dominican Republic, from 1822 to 1844
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*Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic
In 1861, Dominican general Pedro ...
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United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965–66) (more properly, the Organization of American States occupation of the Dominican Republic)
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