Eladio Victoria The presidency is a position of prestige and power, no matter the country. Historians dedicate their entire careers to figuring out the most minute details of these political leaders lives. It seems as though that position of power is under the...
The rule of Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra happened long before the Dominican Republic was even known to most people around the world. Many of the small islands in the Caribbean had been used as ports for pirates and trade companies for centuries, but these small...
The nation of the Dominican Republic has been overrun by terrible circumstances that have led to swift changes in leadership. One of those changes happened when Henriquez y Carvajal was the president of the country for a few months in the 1930s. His tale is one of a...
Horacio Vasquez, whose full name was Felipe Horacio Vasquez Lajara, is best known for serving as President of the Dominican Republic twice over. However, first, he served as the President of the Provisional Government of Junta (or military) from September to November...
Jacinto Bienvenido Peynado was born on February 15, 1878 in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic to father Jacinto Peynado Tejón and mother Manuela María Peynado. He died on March 7, 1940 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Jacinto was the 22nd Vice President and the...
Manuel de Jesus Troncos de la Concha was born on April 3 1878 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Baldomera de la Concha and Jesus Maria Troncoso. Manuel de Jesus attended the Conciliar Seminary of St. Thomas Aquinas for his higher education graduating in November...
