Biography
Donald Reid was the son of William Reid, a Scottish immigrant who ran an auto dealership. He was placed in the triumvirate by the military, but ultimately came to dominate it and gain some measure of power. In 1965 a pro-Juan Bosch uprising occurred, which would ultimately lead to his overthrow, although the US tried to end it in Operation Power Pack. From 1986 to 1988 he acted as the nation's foreign minister.
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