"Ulises Heureaux:Biografía de un Dictador";"Buenaventura Báez:El Caudillo del Sur (1844-1878)";"Una Utopía Inconclusa:Espaillat y el Liberalismo Dominicano del Siglo XIX";"Historia Dominicana:Ayer y Hoy"
Notable awards
Premio Nacional de Didáctica (2000);Premio Nacional de Historia (2001)
↑ "¡Uy! ¡Qué miedo, me salvé!" (in Spanish). Hoy. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013. La polémica sentencia del Tribunal Constitucional promulgada hace unos días ha provocado encendidas reacciones; más en contra que a favor. (...) No me había sentido aludida con el contenido de la famosa sentencia 168/13 del 25 de septiembre de 2013. (...) Mi madre, Ana Ben Rodríguez de Sang, era una hermosa domínico-china, hija de una mulata, Andrea Rodríguez, y un chino, Ventura Ben.
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