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Local April 28, 2015 | 8:30 am

Dominican Republic marks a day of infamy

Santo Domingo.- Half-a-century ago today US president Lyndon B. Johnson ordered the second US military occupation of the Dominican Republic -the first from 1916 to 1924 when 400 Marines aboard US Navy warships came under the pretext of protecting the US Embassy perimeter and allegedly save American lives.

This second military occupation lasted until 1966 under sustained fire and the surp... Read more

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