Donald Reid Cabral
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Joseph Donald Reid Cabral (June 9, 1923-July 22, 2006) was a former leader of the Dominican Republic
. He chaired the "triumvirate" from December 29, 1963.
uprising occurred, which would ultimately lead to his overthrow, although the US tried to end it in Operation Power Pack
. From 1986 to 1988 he acted as the nation's foreign minister.
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
. He chaired the "triumvirate" from December 29, 1963.
Biography
Donald Reid was the son of a Scottish immigrant who ran an auto dealership. He was placed in the triumvirate by the military, but ultimately came to dominate it and gain some measure of power. In 1965 a pro-Juan BoschJuan Bosch
Juan Emilio Bosch Gaviño was a politician, historian, short story writer, essayist, educator, and the first cleanly elected president of the Dominican Republic for a brief time in 1963. Previously, he had been the leader of the Dominican opposition in exile to the dictatorial regime of Rafael...
uprising occurred, which would ultimately lead to his overthrow, although the US tried to end it in Operation Power Pack
Operation Power Pack
The second United States occupation of the Dominican Republic began when the United States Marines Corps entered Santo Domingo on April 28, 1965. They were later joined by most of the United States Army's 82nd Airborne Division and its parent XVIIIth Airborne Corps...
. From 1986 to 1988 he acted as the nation's foreign minister.