This is a tale of love and hate in the Dominican Republic. The year 1492 marked the birth of hatred and weakness with the arrival of Columbus on our island. Again from 1822 to 1844‚ my ancestors were forced to face and resist the Haitians efforts to replace our Spanish heritage with their French culture during their slave revolution. Blinded by our optimism‚ we were proud Hispanos; we were all Santana’s‚ ready to join our father--Spain. Once more from 1916 to 1924‚ American Marine occupation taught
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The Dominican Republic Trip A few years ago me and my family went on Vacation. We went to the Dominican Republic it was new to me. When we were at the airport they had K9 dogs‚ but instead of German shepherds they had pit bulls. Some of the airport security had M16s it was very cool to me. “This wasn’t necessary” my mom said. “This airport is way different from an American airport” I said laughing. “I bet they love them guns” my brother said. The beach was amazing the water was very shallow
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The Dominican Republic and Haiti once shared the Island of Hispaniola for five centuries‚ until the Dominican Republic gain their independence from Haiti. Now the only thing separating these two islands is the Massacre River. The Massacre River was derived from the President of the Dominican Republic which ordered his troops to kill all Haitian people and descendants. This maybe a little confusing because the Dominican side of the island was under the rule of Spanish (Spain) and Haiti was rule by
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How did the dominican republic received the independence? In 1821 the Dominican Republic declared their independence from Spain. The Haitians(After they received their independence) invaded their neighbors and occupied the territory for more than two decades. But the Dominicans never accepted the Haitian rule and on February 27‚ 1844‚ Juan Pablo Duarte-considered the father of the country led a bloodless revolt and claimed back the Dominican autonomy. Fearing another Haitian invasion they submitted
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Spanish project. My country in Dominican Republic. The capital the dominican republic is santo domingo. Santo Domingo is known as Saint Dominic but officially as Santo Domingo de Guzman. Its the largest city in the dominican republic. Its the largest city in the Dominican. Santiago de los Caballeros is another very important city in Dominican Republic. La Romana is another important city because of its population. Puerto plata is a very important city because its culture life. Favorite foods
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The Dominican Republic may be a small country however they produce well known artists‚ designers‚ and writers. They are very creative and do not believe in low success rates. The work hard to make sure others know their worthy of talent. Anyone would like to be born in the Dominican Republic. This essay will be about the politics‚ culture‚ and relations amongst the United States. To begin with the political system‚ Danilo Medina is the current president of the Dominican Republic. His presidency began
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There are many famous people that live in America that were born in foreign countries. One foreign country that I am researching is the Dominican Republic. Most baseball players that play in the Major League Baseball known as the MLB come from countries like Dominican Republic and Cuba. One famous person that came from the Dominican Republic was Albert Pujols. Albert Pujols born as Jose Alberto Pujols Alcantara was born January 16‚ 1980. After being born in the DR Albert and his family moved from
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foreigners from around the world. Some also migrate from many Latin countries including Mexico‚ Cuba‚ and the Dominican Republic‚ as mentioned in "Immigrants from the Dominican Republic in the United States" by authors Jeanne Batalova and Chiamaka Nwosu. Hispanics are one of the biggest immigrant groups in America and Dominicans are the fifth-largest Hispanic group throughout the states. The Dominican diaspora‚ the different methods
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Haiti vs. the Dominican Republic Comparing Two Sister Countries They say the grass is always greener on the other side‚ for Haiti this saying seems to be true. Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of Hispaniola‚ but are completely different in many ways. Haiti is the poorest countries in the western hemisphere and almost all of its people live in poverty‚ while the Dominican Republic is one of the wealthier countries. In 1960‚ both countries had the same per capita real GDP but in
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in the D.R. The Republic experienced a tortuous process of social and political unrest that naturally unhinged the economic development of the forces native production. These factors of national and international nature‚ derived from the clash between the great industrial powers of the capitalist world‚ which triggered the First World War and clearly explain the true causes-economic‚ political and military that led to the occupation by the United States of Dominican Republic and the establishment
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