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Balaguer Inauguration Caps Costly, Controversial Try to Stabilize
Joaquin Balaguer becomes the 70th president of the Dominican Republic after a 14 month effort by the Organization of American States to restore stability. He inherits a fragile polity, a country scarred by prior coups, unemployment near 30 percent, and a large public debt as he vows reforms and austerity.
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Balaguer
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Organization of American States
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Juan Bosch
Trujillo
Fower
Riod
U.S
Dominican Revolutionary Party
Social Christians