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Danilo De los Santos

Leopoldo Pérez, Ramón Oviedo, Justo Susana, Asdrúbal
Domínguez, Virgilio García, Cándido Bidó, Soucy Pelle-
rano, Elsa Nunez… In addition, to the major lyric voices
of our poetry.

The intermediaries under the leadership of the
Apostolic Nuncio Clarizzio Emmanuele sought and
obtained a peace agreement between the sectors in
conflict, agreement that caused Hector García Godoy’s
interim government, the departure of Caamaño Deñó,
and national elections, which allowed the victory of
Joaquín Balaguer, a long time politician who traveled
from North America to the country, amid the turmoil.
Promoted as a «Peace Candidate» and sponsored by the
U.S. government, the former president and Trujillo
proxy initiated a mandate supported by the Reformist
Party, and characterized by economic and political con-
trol, developmentalism and persecution of opponents.
Balaguer served 12 consecutive years since he was sworn
in as president in 1966.

During Balaguer presidency, from 1962-1978, the
visual arts continue to evolve with calls for the Eduardo
León Jimenes Contest, including the names that com-
plete the artistic generation of 1960 and the link with
the names that emerge during the 1970s, mostly gradu-
ates of the National School of Fine Arts, as well as those
related to the schools and teachers in the provinces of
Santiago, San Pedro de Macorís, Puerto Plata and La
Vega. The phenomenon of cultural groupings, includes
professional and novice artists. The grouping determines
the impetus given to photography and graphic arts, in-
dependent contests of collective and solo exhibitions, as
well as discussion on the mission of art as ideological
engagement or independent exercise, which is to say «art
for art’s sake.» Art collecting is driven to new venues such
as private companies and the emerging middle class tied
to governmental power and the public-works program
aiming at transforming many cities. If some master plan
draws attention, this is defined by multifamily buildings,
large and new avenues, creating a cultural space library,

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