biography of juan pablo duarte

Juan Pablo Duarte Díez ( January 26, 1813 , Ciudad Colonial , Santo Domingo, colonial Spain - July 15, 1876 , Caracas, Venezuela ) was a liberal, activist, visionary and Dominican. It is considered, along with Matías Ramón Mella and Francisco del Rosario Sánchez , one of the Founding Fathers of the Dominican Republic . Devised and chaired the clandestine politico-military organization Trinitarian , created to fight the Haitian invasion and independence.
From exile and always faithful to his ideals of freedom, Duarte supervised and financed the war of independence carried out by his comrades , which led to financial ruin . His leadership made ​​him a target of outrages that led him to be expelled from the new nation repeatedly. His liberal vision was undermined by the conservative elites who sought to bring the new nation and the colonial powers back to traditional regionalism. Nevertheless, his democratic ideals , although somewhat imprecise , have served as guiding principles for most Dominican governments principles. His initiative made ​​him a political martyr in the eyes of later generations.
In 1842 , Duarte became senior officer of the National Guard , led by the Haitian government . In 1843 he participated in the Reformist Revolution against the dictatorship of Jean Pierre Boyer , who threatened to invade the western part of the island with the intention of unifying . After the defeat of Haitian President Charles Herard and proclamation of Dominican independence in 1844 , the Board formed to appoint the first ruler of the nation mostly Duarte elected to preside , but he declined taking office in place Tomás Bobadilla.
Duarte said strong disagreements with conservatives , especially with the landowner Pedro Santana , who considered viable independence ideas of Duarte. In these struggles , Santana was strengthened and Duarte suffered several exiles and died in exile in Venezuela in 1876.