Power And The Beautiful Island Of Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a middle-income country, located in the Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti, that is dependent upon agriculture, trade and services, and a huge part of their income is tourism. Many Dominican agriculture exports have

I will be discussing how the country of Puerto Rico’s impact of resource scarcity, issues with boundary delineation, separatism and sovereignty issues, poverty, migration, legacies of colonialism and imperialism, global climate change and its impact. The once poor nation of Puerto Rico now seems to be a stepping stone for trading in the Caribbean. With its location in the Caribbean, Puerto Rico is a major asset for shipping lanes. One of the main reasons the U.S. wanted to take over this land. Its geographical location is important in helping to move resources around the world, as well as keeping an eye on Cuba. The economic system of

Haiti, the small country located west of the Dominican Republic, is a unique and beautiful country with its own unique culture and geography. The people of Haiti are proud of their country and their culture. Even though the nation is plagued by earthquakes and storms, due to its geographic location, it does not stop the Haitian people from continuing their unique culture and happy lifestyle. Taking a look at this country’s culture and geography, anyone, civilian, military or political personnel can fully grasp and understand the country’s uniqueness.

The geography is pretty much the same as most countries. The natural resources are nickel, gold, and silver. They have mountains with valleys, and rugged highlands. The highest elevation is three thousand one-hundred seventy-five meters. It is located in the heart of the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Dominican Republic is the second-highest island in the Caribbean, with a surface area of forty-eight thousand one-hundred ninety-eight square kilometers, which is slightly more than twice the size of New Hampshire, USA. The biggest city is Santiago de los Caballeros, with five-hundred one-thousand eight-hundred people. There are now about 8.5 million permanent residents in the country. The capital of the Dominican Republic is Santo Domingo, which is the oldest city in the new world. It has a population of about 2.5 million people.The

These are lower than the values of those of the world by .1% for these years, respectively. These values mean that sex education and contraception use were high and have effectively increased since 1995. This is crucial for a developing country because much of the population in other countries like Chad, Nigeria, and Cameroon have HIV/AIDS and thus are prone to more deaths because of it. This is because there is a large dearth in health care. As the percent of the population, 15-49, with HIV/AIDS decreases, the CDR will decrease and hopefully increase the population. The infant mortality rate (IMR) indicates the number of deaths for a person under the age of 1 per 1000 live births. The Dominican Republic’s IMR is 27 or 2.7%. This, in comparison to the world average, is significantly lower. This rate is caused by lack of healthcare, malnutrition and a low number in urban population. The more a population is urbanized, the more access it has to proper food sources and healthcare and as a result, better off to survive. With a lower than average IMR, the Dominican Republic is effectively keeping a low CBR and can expect to see a decrease as more of the population transitions from rural to urban.

In the late 1800s, despite political upheaval, fearsome military leader Ulises Heureaux initiated a railroad system with the purpose of uniting the entire country ("Dominican Republic History: 1492-1821," n.d.) and open some of the land’s interior to export agriculture (Vesser, 2013). The railroad system, combined with the country’s sugar industry has provided reliable income for the overwhelmingly Dominican Republic. In addition to growing the sugar crop business in the Dominican, Heaureaux also brought sought to modernize the country in a variety of other ways such as bringing electricity to the country’s capital, San Domingo, and introducing telegraph and telephone services. Today the Dominican Republic has the third best transportation structure in Latin America and an extensive telecommunications structure. ("Dominican Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia," n.d.). The force that technology has played in the Dominican Republic culture is positive and has shown that despite political and legal turbulence the people of the country want to press forward and be a contender in the economy of the larger world. The Dominican people want to be interconnected and have come to rely on (somewhat) modern technology for businesses to stay

On 24 April 1965 the youthful military officers ascended in the Dominican Republic. After four days the United State troops ambushed the nation. It was the essential US military intercession in Latin America in over 30 years. These occasions went on to the main point of everyone's thought somewhat, in reverse Caribbean republic where until 1916 ordinary war and had been the standard, vote based system and honest to government the brief uncommon case. By then the United States attacked, and the eight-year United States occupation orchestrated the one party of Rafael Trujillo, which went from 1930 until his going in May 1961. The nation climbed out of the harm of Trujillo in the midst of a period when the United States was so worried about a

My research paper will be about Puerto Rico and its importance to the spanish language. It is located in the Caribbean sea, southeast of Florida. It is home to many US citizens in its beautiful tropic landscape. In this paper I will explain the important aspects of the Puerto Rican government, the people, and the lovely food.

On September 23 of 2013, half a million of Haitians living in the Dominican Republic woke up to the unfortunate ruling made by the country’s Central Electoral Board. The ruling TC-168-13 called for the denationalization of Dominican born civilians if at least one of their parents are not a citizen of the nation. Because the highest population of immigrants living in the Dominican Republic are Haitians, this decision is hurting them the most. Now, these people are not able to attain governmental or legal papers, making daily transactions difficult to fulfill, receive medical attention,

On the night of May 30, 1960, Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo was killed. He was shot to death on a highway in the capital city. This event set off a chain reaction over the next five years. The United States has been a partner in the assassination of Trujillo that helped climb to power.

The Dominican Republic has a history with the United States presenting a long and a little controversial relationship. Thanks to the long periods of occupation of the United States and the cultural and political hegemony that exists in the United States in the Caribbean, Dominicans are familiar with North America and American culture. The movies and television programs of the United States are commonly exhibited in the Dominican Republic. As much as the baseball that is the most popular sport in the Dominican country. American values can be admired and taken as an example for many Dominicans.

Lastly, the Dominican Republic has a huge market in ferronickel and gold-mining. Mining brings in millions of dollars to the Dominicans Gross Domestic Product (GDP), as they opened up mining areas to foreign investors (U.S. Library of Congress). The largest mining industry had been controlled by two Canadian companies, however when Danilo Medina, the President, was elected, he took over the mining and created a state-owned company called Pueblo Viejo in 2009.

The Dominican Republic occupies the eastern two-thirds of the Hispaniola island, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti. The CIA indicates 10.5 million people live in the country, 28% of the population is younger than 14, and 39% of the population is between 25 and 54 years old. The government is based on a democratic republic with an executive, judicial and legislative branch. President Danilo Medina Sanchez was elected in August of 2012 by 51.2% of the electorate. The DR has been known primarily as an exporter of sugar, coffee, and tobacco, but the service sector has overtaken agriculture as the economy's largest employer. The major imports into the country are

They use this clout to achieve their goals in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic was in severe debt with European nations at the time. The United States goal was to payback the Europeans using the Dominican’s custom-houses (Loomis 4). These custom-houses were important economically to the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic received one hundred million dollars from the custom-houses since its independence (Loomis 2). The United States used its clout and convinced the President to give the United States the custom-houses receipts and the supervision of public expenditure (Loomis 4). Instead of using the money to benefit the poor people of the Dominican Republic. The United States used the customs to pay back the debt to the already powerful nations in Europe. These interests and goals fueled the United States actions in the Dominican Republic. The United States supported and protected the very unpopular President Morales who was engaged in arm conflicts with rebels. The United States supported Morales because to the United States considered Morales to be an intelligent, well-being and honest man (Loomis 3). Also, Morales fought the rebels who attacked the properties of American Citizens. Morales was the one who agree to give the United States control of the Custom houses so he could try to maintain peace in the interior of the country (Loomis 4).

The effects of early United States colonialism on the economy of Puerto Rico shows how its hypocritical and possessive treatment of the island had an impact on the development of Puerto Rico. While the U.S. expanded trade and industry, it continued to exercise control over many aspects of the Puerto Rican economy, taking advantage of the Puerto Rican people and exploiting the