Word: dominicano
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...country seemed relieved that the inauguration had taken place without violence. "Now back to work," remarked Banco Popular Dominicano President Alejandro Grullón. "The country has been paralyzed for the past three months." But Balaguer did not exactly retire without managing a few flicks of petty malice. His electoral commission arbitrarily awarded four Senate seats that had been won by Guzmán's party to the opposition, thereby giving Balaguer's Reformists a majority in the Senate. In perhaps the meanest stroke, Balaguer's sanitation workers suspended trash pickups during inauguration week, forcing Guzm...