rellosk said:
sancochojoe, both your original post and my response to that post refer to the 2000 election. I don't know why you are bringing up the 1960's.
BTW, I realize that this is not the debate forum, and the rules for quoting might be different, but when you are posting a quote, you should name the source and not just say "Another quote from a credible source". Also, I have difficulty believe it is a credible source when the first word of the direct quote (which I am assuming you cut and pasted from another source) has a typo.
Do you read what you wrote. YOU SAID..."the concept of the US having a major influence on the elections in the DR is just another conspiracy theory."
Oh, and the typo was because I hand typed a PDF from a .gov site because I didn't know i could copy and paste from it on that article. Honest human error. At least I have something. What do you have except, "Conspiracy Theory... blah blah blah. typical when you have no argument"
And I provided references to counter your claim. Simply stated. Oh, and I can submit more info if you are still in doubt. I personally don't believe in conspirecy theories. I know that is a nicely coined phrase by conservative Fundamentalist and liberals too. As you may know, I'm neither. I just like the truth about things.
Oh, I can get more references if you like. As you will come to know, I read a lot. Oh, and when references are listed, the proper protocol is that you check the references to see if they are valid. So i'll leave that up to you my friend.
References:
Finally, to no small extent, the Embassy had to
cobble together the financial arrangements for the
2000 observation effort almost at the last minute.
Considering that Dominicans will almost certainly
continue to require U.S. and other electoral assistance,
it would serve U.S. interests to make a
long-term commitment to fund electoral reform
activities in the Dominican Republic. Naturally,
Dominican citizens? best interests would be served
if such a commitment were to be undertaken
together with the country?s increasingly active and
effective civil society groups, including
Participaci?n Ciudadana, religious groups, and
representatives of all of the Dominican NGOs who
contributed their time and talents to the 2000
election.
4. ?Populist Mej?a Declared Winner in Presidential
Race,? Chicago Tribune, May 19, 2000,
?Recent Election in the Dominican Republic
(Part 1),? Hearing before the Subcommittee on the
Western Hemisphere of the Committee on Foreign
Relations, House of Representatives, 103d Congress, 2d
Session, May 24, 1994, Washington, D.C.: U.S.
Government Printing Office, 1994.
Hartlyn gives fine accounts of the 1990 and
1994 elections in The Struggle for Democratic Politics in
the Dominican Republic, Chapel Hill, N.C.: University
of North Carolina Press, 1998.
The U.S. Embassy played a direct role in brokering
the deal that slashed Balaguer?s term and
opened the way for electoral reform. See D?az?s
Trauma Electoral and Howard Wiarda?s The 1996
Dominican Elections: Post Election Report, Washington,
D.C.: CSIS Americas Program, July 8, 1996.
In discussing the 1978 election in The Struggle
for Democratic Politics in the Dominican Republic,
Hartlyn cites decreasing U.S. government concerns
about the Dominican Republic?s political stability and
strategic importance. Even then, years before the end
of the Cold War, this allowed that ?the general policy
of supporting free and honest elections could hold as
the U.S. ?strategic objective?? in the Dominican
Republic.
El Siglo, October 30, 1998. The Embassy?s
Charg? d?Affaires, Linda Watt, had also made it abundantly
clear to Dominican officials that the United
States government would not support efforts to starve
the JCE of funds.