Resumen de La rivalidad internacional por la República Dominicana desde su independencia hasta la anexión a España (1844-1861)
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La evolución de la República Dominicana es un buen ejemplo del peso decisivo de la influencia extranjera en la política y la economía de la mayor parte de los países latinoamericanos, desde el comienzo de su vida independiente. El período comprendido entre la independencia dominicana frente a Haití, en 1844, y 1861, año en que tuvo lugar la anexión de Santo Domingo a España, resulta muy interesante para estudiar el origen y desarrollo del intervencionismo extranjero en dicho país caribeño, que constituye el principal objeto de esta tesis doctoral. El proceso dominicano revela claramente una serie de dinámicas tanto internas como externas que condujeron a un resultado inevitable: la crónica inestabilidad derivada de las luchas por el poder entre los diversos sectores criollos. Cada grupo estaba apoyado por una o varias potencias, que perseguían sus propios fines estratégicos, políticos o económicos, o con mayor frecuencia una combinación de todos ellos. Debido a la evolución de la República Dominicana desde su nacimiento hasta el período previo a su anexión a España, la existencia de este país como Estado independiente se encontraba todavía muy lejos de ser una realidad efectiva, como consecuencia de su debilidad estructural. La misma coadyuvó al desarrollo del nuevo colonialismo sufrido por la República Dominicana, cuyos efectos se manifestaron en forma de conflictos, rivalidades, intrigas diplomáticas, guerras o corrupción. Todos estos factores jugaron un importante papel en el desencadenamiento de las posteriores intervenciones militares estadounidenses en la República Dominicana, así como de otros mecanismos de injerencia política y económica desde el exterior, en numerosos momentos de su historia más reciente. The evolution of the Dominican Republic is a good example of the decisive weight of foreign influence on most of Latin American countries politics and economics, from the beginning of their independent life. The period running between the Dominican independence from Haiti in 1844, and 1861, when the annexation of Santo Domingo to Spain took place, is very interesting in order to study the causes and steps of foreign intervention in this Caribbean country, which is the main object of the present Ph. D. dissertation. The Dominican process reveals clearly both internal and external dynamics leading to an unavoidable result: the chronicle instability derived from fights for power among the different national groups. Each one was supported by one or more countries, which had their own strategic, political or economical goals, or more frequently a combination of every aspect. Due to the evolution of the Dominican Republic from its birth through the period previous to its annexation to Spain, the existence of this country as an independent state was still very far away from being an effective reality, as a consequence of its structural weakness. This handicap fed the growth of the new colonialism suffered by the Dominican Republic, whose effects were conflicts, rivalries, diplomatic intrigues, corruption and wars. All these elements played an important role at the origin of the later United States military occupations of the Dominican Republic, and of other ways of political and economical interventionism in numerous moments of its more recent history
- English
The Dominican Republic evolution is a good example of the decisive importance of foreign influence on most of Latin American countries politics and economics, from the beginning of their independent life. The period running between its independence from Haiti in 1844, and 1861, when the annexation of Santo Domingo to Spain took place, is very interesting in order to study the causes and steps of foreign intervention in this Caribbean country, which is the main object of the present Ph. D. dissertation. The Dominican process reveals clearly both internal and external dynamics leading to an unavoidable result: the chronicle instability derived from fights for power among the different national groups. Each one was supported by one or more countries, which had their own strategic, political or economical goals, or more frequently, a mix of every aspect. Due to the evolution of the Dominican Republic from its birth, through the period previous to its annexation to Spain the existence of this country as an independent state was still very far away from being an effective reality, as a consequence of its structural weakness. This handicap fed the growth of the new colonialism suffered by the Dominican Republic, whose effects were conflicts, rivalries, diplomatic intrigues, corruption, injustice and wars. All these elements play an important role at the origin of the later United States military occupations of the Dominican Republic, and of other ways of political and economical interventionism in numerous moments of its more recent history.
