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Repablica Dominicana Essay

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The República Dominicana (Dominican Republic) was once a disastrous economy, though through the power of education and freedom, as of 1966 when the new constitution was created, the República Dominicana has become a thriving society bound to create a country with the freedom and privilege of America. The country is nestled in a chain of islands southeast of Florida, bordering Haiti. It is mostly (79%) mixed, but does have a small portion of whites (16%) and blacks (11%).
With a GPD of $135.7 billion (2014 est.), The República Dominicana’s economy is in a very strange shape. Originally based on sugar and other commodity export (coffee, cocoa, tobacco), though when prices went low through most of the 1980s and early 1990s, the Dominican Republic resolved to diversify its economic base. With the introductions of New Trade Zones, manufacturing has boosted to manufacturing sector to 17% of GDP by the year 1996. …show more content…

The cost of such education is set by the central government. Education is free, universal, and required for children a told of eight years (from the ages of six to 14). Most children don’t receive much education, for reasons such as the price and the lack of schools that teach all 8 years in rural areas. Less than half of all children in The República Dominicana never enter secondary school (ages 11-16).
The Dominican Republic has made great progress in achieving political freedom since the assassination of the dictator Trujillo. The civil war of 1965 created period of economic instability, though The República Dominicana pulled through. From the peaceful transfer of power in 1978 to the first to occur from one civilian party to another in this century, The República Dominicana is on its way to democratization. Dominicans now enjoy the broad range of human rights guaranteed in the 1966 constitution, and the country is still becoming more and more

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