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 wit ...
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:
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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)
The Dominican Civil War (), also known as the April Revolution (), took place between April 24, 1965, and September 3, 1965, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It started when civilian and military supporters of the overthrown democraticall ...
(more properly, the Organization of American States occupation of the Dominican Republic)
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