La Vega, 1909 – Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), 2001

By Emir Sader

Essayist and political leader of the Dominican Republic, he was elected president of the country in 1962 as the candidate of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) following the end of Trujillo’s dictatorship. He implemented a reformist program but was overthrown by a military coup in 1963. Two years later, an uprising by military sectors demanding his return to the presidency sparked a popular insurrection. An intervention under the auspices of the OAS, involving troops from the United States and other countries, including Brazil, defeated the constitutionalists. Later, Bosch left the PRD and founded the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). He ran for president several times but was never able to win office again.