by Andrew Gavin Marshall
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Dandelion Salad
http://andrewgavinmarshall.com
February 21, 2012
The following is a research sample from The People’s Book Project, extracted from an unedited chapter on the American Empire in Latin America.
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A brief glance at the early 20th century American occupation of Haiti and the Dominican Republic tell us a great deal about America’s role in the world today. The Dominican Republic is the Western nation on the island that was named Hispaniola by Christopher Columbus, and was later split between Spanish and French rule: Santo Domingo in the west and Saint Domingue in the east. Continue reading