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=== Sanctions against the Dominican Republic during Trujillo regime===
{{see also|Assassination attempt of Rómulo Betancourt}}
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During the 6th Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of American States (OAS) in [[Costa Rica]], from 16 to 20 August 1960, a conviction against the State of the Dominican Republic was agreed to unanimously. The penalty was motivated because the foreign ministers checked the veracity of the claim that the [[Rafael Trujillo]] regime had sponsored an attack against [[Rómulo Betancourt]], at that time the constitutional president of Venezuela. The meeting was attended by foreign ministers from 21 American nations, including [[Cuba]], which at that time had not yet been expelled from the inter-American system.

All countries, including the [[United States]] and [[Haiti]], broke off diplomatic relations with the Dominican Republic. Additionally an economic blockade that affected the exports of sugar was applied, which at that time was the pillar of the Dominican economy.

It was the first application of the [[Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance]], which had been adopted at the OAS on 29 July 1960.