The PRD is celebrating today 59 years of political action in the country

The PRD was founded in 1939 by Professor Juan Bosch while he was in exile in Cuba on January 21, 1939, in Villa El Cano, Cuba. In addition, Enrique Cotubanamá Henríquez, Ángel Miolán, Nicolás Silfa, Juan Isidro Jimenez Grullón, Virgilio Mainardi Reyna, Lucas Pichardo and José Manuel Santana participated.

The White Party conducted its activities in exile, until July 5, 1961, 59 years ago, a delegation of leaders composed of Ángel Miolán, Nicolás Silfa and Ramón A. Castillo entered the country in the framework of an advanced commission.

Their mission was to structure this party in all corners of the country, facing the redoubts of trujillismo after the execution of the dictator Rafael Trujillo Molina, on May 30 of that year

Shortly after differences between Bosch and Jimenes Grullón, and stopped the second from joining the nascent PRD, generating between the two intellectuals a political antagonism that was personal.
Jimenes Grullón decided to found the Social Democratic Alliance (ASD), which never managed to become a decisive political force. It was the first division of at least 10 who suffered the game in its history.

The PRD reached the presidency of the Republic three times: in 1978, under the command of Mr. Antonio Guzmán, in 1982 with Jorge Blanco and in the 2000 with Hipólito Mejía, while he had candidates Presidential ones like José Francisco Peña Gómez in the elections of 1990, 1994 and 1996, and Miguel Vargas Maldonado in the elections of the year 2008.

Celebration [19659004] As part of the celebration of his 59th anniversary of arrival in the country, the PRD will celebrate various activities, starting at 10 am with a Mbad of thanksgiving to God in the Church of Our Lady of Peace, the Center of the Heroes.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, there will be a wreath at the altar of the Patria and half an hour later, the tombs of the Cristo Redentor cemetery of Angel Miolán and José Francisco Peña Gómez participated ación opening in 1961 the furrows of the organization.

Throughout this Thursday will be transmitted by various TV channels a discussion on the meaning of the arrival in the country of the PRD, which was founded in Cuba in 1939.

the conversation, which will come of Teleradio América, channels 12 and 45, will participate in a first part Stormy Reynoso, Rafael Suberví Bonilla, Julio Maríñez, Julio César Arias Mota and Héctor Guzmán, with the conduction of Julissa Hernández.