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Francisco Caamaño

Dominican soldier and constitutional president during the 1965 civil war.

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Francisco Caamaño

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He died in San José de Ocoa in 1973.[1] Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó, a military officer and politician, was born in Santo Domingo in 1932.[1]

Key facts and history

His father was cousin of Juan Pablo Medina de los Santos, making Caamaño a second cousin of former President Danilo Medina Sánchez.[2][3] He was elected constitutional president in May 1965.[1] In September 1965 he signed the Acta de Reconciliación Dominicana and left the presidency for Héctor García Godoy.[1] In early 1973 he led a small rebel landing at Playa Caracoles near Azua to start a peasant revolution against President Joaquín Balaguer.[4]

After weeks of guerrilla fighting, the group was wiped out by the Dominican Army using heavy artillery and airplanes.[4] In 1949 he joined the Marina de Guerra and finished his naval studies in 1952.[1] During the military revolt that began in April 1965, Caamaño became a hero by confronting U.S. forces that landed to protect the government.[1]

What the research sources say

A 2013 article in El Día states that Caamaño showed love for his country from age eight, taking food from his home to give to hungry friends.[5] The 2021 Hoy article by Paulino describes how Caamaño's wife took refuge in the embassy of Argentina with her children after Caamaño received reports of enemy plans to kidnap them.[6]

References

  1. "Biografia de Francisco Caamaño". facts only, no text reused. biografiasyvidas.com
  2. Wikipedia, "Francisco Caamaño" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Biografia de Francisco Caamaño"; "Caamaño Deñó, un hombre que dejó hasta su familia por la patria", El Día, April 23, 2013; Espinal, "Genealogía paterna del presidente Danilo Medina", Hoy, August 24, 2012 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Espinal, "Genealogía paterna del presidente Danilo Medina", Hoy, August 24, 2012. facts only, no text reused. hoy.com.do
  4. Wikipedia, "Francisco Caamaño" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "¡Necesitamos una nueva restauración!." Dominicano Libre Agosto / Septiembre 2006. Retrieved on August 9, 2007. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. "Caamaño Deñó, un hombre que dejó hasta su familia por la patria", El Día, April 23, 2013. facts only, no text reused. eldia.com.do
  6. Paulino, "La primera dama de abril de 1965", Hoy (Dominican newspaper), 2021-04-23. facts only, no text reused. hoy.com.do

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Francisco Caamaño (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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1. In which place was Francisco Caamaño born?

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From the source: “Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó was born on June 11, 1932, in San Juan de la Maguana.”

2. In what year was Francisco Caamaño born?

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From the source: “Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó was born on June 11, 1932, in San Juan de la Maguana.”

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From the source: “Col. Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó (June 11, 1932 – February 16, 1973) was a Dominican soldier and politician who took the constitutional presidency of the Dominican Republic during the Civil War of 1965. During the war, which began on Apr”

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