(1 Nov 2001)
FILE:
2 June 1996, Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic:
1. Juan Bosch singing an electoral unity pact
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juan Bosch, Former President of Dominican Republic:
"We are here to tell the Dominican people that in the elections of June 30, Leonel Fernandez and Jaime Fernandez Mirabal (vice-presidential candidate) represent the right path."
3. Bosch dancing with Joaquin Balaguer after signing pact
STORYLINE:
Juan Bosch, a powerful figure in Dominican politics whose influence stretched across half a century despite serving only seven months as president, died Thursday. He was 92.
Bosch died about 3 a.m. (0800 GMT) Thursday of respiratory and heart failure, Dr. Pedro Urena told The Associated Press.
He had been in and out of hospital for most of the year, and had been at the Abel Gonzalez Advanced Medical Center in Santo Domingo since Sept. 28 receiving treatment for neurological, respiratory and intestinal problems.
In addition to helping found two of the Dominican Republic's three main political parties, Bosch also wrote more than 40 works of fiction, short stories and history.
Juan Emilio Bosch Gavino was born June 30, 1909, in the agricultural town of La Vega, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) northwest of Santo Domingo, and was mainly self-educated.
Bosch secretly opposed the Trujillo dictatorship that began in 1930, spent 23 years in self-imposed exile during this time.
He arrived in Puerto Rico in 1938, and later moved to Cuba, Costa Rica and Venezuela.
In Cuba, he participated in an ill-fated attempt in 1947 to organize an anti-Trujillo invasion.
While there, Bosch and other Dominican exiles founded the Dominican Revolutionary Party.
Bosch resigned from the party in 1973 to found the Dominican Liberation Party.
He never regained power, though he ran for the presidency six times.
Joaquin Balaguer defeated Bosch in a 1990 election marred by fraud.
Bosch is survived by his second wife, Carmen Quidiello, and four children.
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