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Article: Dominican Republic, Relations with
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, RELATIONS WITH
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, RELATIONS WITH.
Since the mid-nineteenth century, diplomatic relations between the United States and the Dominican Republic have generally been guided by the strategic and economic interests of the United States. Those interests often strained relations between the two governments, and on more than one occasion, the United States resorted to military force to implement its policies in the Caribbean nation.
The United States did not establish official diplomatic relations with the Dominican Republic until 1866, over two decades after Dominican independence from neighboring Haiti in 1844. The delay in recognition was attributable to ...