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Ramón Buenaventura Báez Méndez (July 14, 1812 – March 14, 1884), was a Dominican conservative politician and military figure. He was president of the Dominican Republic for five nonconsecutive terms. His rule was characterized by corruption and governing for the benefit of his personal fortune.
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Buenaventura Baez, politician who served five terms as president of the Dominican Republic and is noted principally for his attempts to have the United States annex his country. He even succeeded in persuading the United States to send warships, ostensibly to protect his country from Haiti.
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Ramón Buenaventura Báez Méndez ( Rincón, Ciudad de Domingo, 14 de julio de 1812 – Hormigueros, Capitanía General de Puerto Rico, 14 de marzo de 1884), conocido como “El Jabao”, 1 fue un político y militar dominicano.
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Buenaventura Báez ( b. 1812; d. 1884), five-time president of the Dominican Republic. Báez was born in Azua to a wealthy landowner and his African slave. During the Haitian occupation of Santo Domingo, Báez represented Azua in the Haitian Congress and Constituent Assembly.
Buenaventura Báez. (Rincón, 1810 - Hormigueros, 1884) Político dominicano. Fue presidente de la República en los períodos 1849-1853, 1856-1858 y, tras la recuperación de la independencia (1865), en 1865-1866, 1868-1873 y 1876-1878.
In 1869, Grant commissioned his private secretary Orville E. Babcock and Rufus Ingalls to negotiate the treaty of annexation with Dominican president Buenaventura Báez. The annexation process drew controversy: opponents Senator Charles Sumner and Senator Carl Schurz denounced the treaty vehemently, alleging it was made only to enrich private ...
Buenaventura Báez. Presidente de la República en cinco oportunidades, 1849-1853; 1856-1858; 1865-1866; 1868-1873; 1876-1878. Nació en Azua, el 20 de octubre de 1812, hijo de Pablo Altagracia Báez y Teresa de Jesús Méndez.
