Dominican Civil War (1914)

Dominican Civil War (1914)
Date 30 March 1914 – 6 August 1914 (4 months and 1 week)  Location Dominican Republic Result Ceasefire agreement signed
Belligerents
Dominican Government	Dominican rebels	United States
Commanders and leaders
José Bordas Valdez	General Vidal	Edward Walter Eberle
Strength
600 troops 2 cruisers	unknown	1 gunboat

The Dominican Civil War (1914) was a civil war in the Dominican Republic that started as a rebellion against the government led by General Desiderio Arias in La Vega and Santiago de los Caballeros, beginning on March 30, 1914. José Bordas Valdez was elected President without opposition on June 15, 1914. The U.S. Navy ships intervened to end the bombardment of Puerto Plata beginning on June 26, 1914. The U.S. Army troops were deployed in support of the government in Santo Domingo in July 1914. The U.S. government mediated the signing of a ceasefire agreement between government and rebel representatives on August 6, 1914. Some 500 individuals were killed during the conflict.

See also

• Santo Domingo Affair
• Dominican Civil War (1911–1912)
• United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924)
• United States involvement in regime change
• Latin America–United States relations

Bibliography

• Atkins, G. Pope; Wilson, Larman C. (1998). The Dominican Republic and the United States: From Imperialism to Transnationalism. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 0820319317.
• Maurer, Noel (2013). The Empire Trap: The Rise and Fall of U.S. Intervention to Protect American Property Overseas, 1893—2013. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691155821.