DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The General Archives of the Nation announces the hosting of the 10th Dominican History Book Fair on Monday, 13 November through 17 November 2023 at their facilities in the Ciudad Universitaria.The central theme of the conclave is “Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó: 50 Years of Playa Caracoles.” Colonel Francisco Alberto Caamaño was the leader of the April 1965 civil war that sought to restore the presidency of former President Juan Bosch.

The fair will also pay tribute to Claudio Caamaño Grullón, Hamlet Hermann, Toribio Peña Jáquez, Juan Ramón Payero Ulloa, Mario Nelson Galán Durán, Alfredo Pérez Vargas, Eberto Lalane José and Ramón Euclides Holguín Marte, members of the guerrilla group that landed alongside Caamaño, in Paya Caracoles, on 2 February 1973.

During the Book Fair, Caamaño’s diary and two other volumes will be put into circulation. In it are letters and documents...