Dominican Republic remembers the most important chapters of its history

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Citizens of the Dominican Republic commemorate the 60th anniversary of the April Revolution of 1965, an event that marked a turning point in the struggle for the respect of the Constitution and the will of the people. teleSUR   These and many other stories now!  🌐Join teleSUR's community and be part of a space where your ideas matter.  https://chat.whatsapp.com/KLABTE41aSj3ioYabXQQ6K  🗣 Don't be left behind, join teleSUR's Channel  https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va98Z437Noa2tjytCt1N  Web💬 https://www.telesurenglish.net/  X🧶 https://twitter.com/telesurenglish  Instagram 📸 https://www.instagram.com/telesurenglish/?hl=es  Facebook 📱 https://www.facebook.com/teleSUREnglishOfficial  Youtube ⏯ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmuTmpLY35O3csvhyA6vrkg  Tiktok👌🏼 https://www.tiktok.com/@telesurenglish?_t=8hMLCY0a6z7&_r=1

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00:00At the Dominican Republic, various activities are being carried out throughout the week to commemorate the revolution of April 1965.

00:07What it's all about? Our correspondent, our colleague, Daisy Susanne, tells us the details.

00:16Sixty years after the April Revolution, the Dominican people remember one of the most transcendent chapters of its 20th century history,

00:23the civil-military struggle that sought to re-establish the legitimate government of Juan Bosch.

00:30It was an event of extraordinary gravity, because now it seems to be a historical fact.

00:36It happened a long time ago but because of our age we had a certain informative curiosity of that moment.

00:47In the year 65, it can be said that what was happening here in Santo Domingo was known in all of Latin America, even the conservative press.

00:53I am talking about my country, Argentina, did not stop reporting every day the development of that event which was very strange

01:05because it was a kind of unification of the contested social forces of the great popular depth together with all kinds of military.

01:10On April 24th, 1965, thousands of Dominicans took to the streets to demand a return to constitutionality

01:25after the coup d'état that overthrew Juan Bosch in 1963,

01:29following his proposals for social reforms that made conservative sectors uncomfortable.

01:34The Dominican Revolution surprised the continent in an era marked by military coups.

01:39The particularity was the union of civilians and the military in defense of democracy.

01:48On April 24th, 1965,

01:50the Dominican people took to the streets to re-establish the legal and legitimate government

01:57that had been overthrown two years earlier.

02:01Today, various activities recall that heroic deed, from photographic exhibitions in Independence Park,

02:22to lectures, such as the one given by Argentine political scientist Atilio Boron,

02:27who also draws some parallels with the U.S. invasions of that time, and today's interference.

02:31Look, what is happening today is that U.S. interference is much more widespread and diversified than before,

02:43before it was an interference that I would dare to say was fundamentally military, political diplomatic,

02:47but today the interference that they have managed to have, for example,

02:50through the control of the media system that practically when you look at it,

03:02especially the press and television is in the hands of the United States through frontmen,

03:06through allies, through people who sell out, who change their minds,

03:09but then today it is much more dangerous, besides,

03:11today there is an empire that is in a phase of decline and therefore it is much more virulent,

03:15much more aggressive.

03:23Six decades later, the ideals of that April continue to resonate as a call for the defense of democracy

03:29and fundamental rights.

03:33On the 60th anniversary of the April revolution,

03:37the transcendence is that it is an occasion to reflect on what democracy means,

03:41and what the struggle of the Dominican people to restore the overthrown government of Washington,

03:45on Bosch in 1963 meant,

03:47and also to retake the constitution of that year.

03:53The April revolution is not only history,

03:58it is the present and the commitment of a people that continues to fight for its dignity.

04:03The April revolution is not only history,

04:06it is the present and the commitment of a people that continues to fight for its dignity.

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