Leonel Fernández

The strongest of us are the ones who have fallen and risen, the ones that have been damaged and repaired. Our democracy has not only been broken but stolen, and that’s why I strongly believe in the potential of it. I’m reassured that our political system is certainly not at it’s best, but this realization simply means there’s so much potential for it. In the Dominican Republic the framework is a representative democracy where in the elections there is an FPTP method, which simply means that the candidate

Vin Diesel Mark Sinclair Vincent (also known as Vin Diesel) was born in New York City on July 18, 1967. He was raised by his mother Delora; who was an astrologist; and his stepfather Irving; who was an acting coach. Vin had never met his biological father. He has a fraternal twin brother and two sisters. When he was 7, he and his friends broke in to “Theatre for the New York” to vandalize it but a women stopped them. Instead of calling the police, she offered them a script and $20.00. This was Vin’s

Within the unique culture of the Dominican Republic, the complex heritage of Arawak, Spanish, African, and French lore, is unique to the Dominican Republic compared to other Caribbean islands. Moreover, the country maintains close ties with the United States. Currently, the people of the Dominican Republic are striving to build a democracy against the unscrupulous and authoritarian politically privileged leadership. A large element that shapes Dominican national identity is its Spanish heritage

There is only one island in the world that can lay claim to being the home of two different countries. That island is the historic, La Hispaniola, which is home to both Haiti and the Dominican Republic. There are other islands in the world who are split between different countries, but none that contain, in entirety, two distinct nations. The island of La Hispaniola resides in the Caribbean ocean and is a part of the Greater Antilles archipelago. Cuba is the only country in the large area of the

15% of the Dominican national gross (LatinNews, 2013). The bank's main owner, Ramón Báez Figueroa, was accused of operating a secret “bank within the bank” by officials for more than ten years (Economist, 2003). Dominican Republic, President Leonel Fernández, introduced a number of reforms to the country’s economy. With his approval and the approval of the nation treasury, Banco Central, Daez merged his bank with Banco de Comercio (LatinNews, 2013). The terms of this deal were that, Banco Central

groups like civil organizations, advocacy groups, and many other political parties. Some of the major parties are the Social Christian Reformist Party and the Dominican Liberation Party. The latest presidential elections were held in 2008 with Leonel Fernandez came out as the winner (The Rough guide to the Dominican Republic, 2002). The makeup of today's population The United

The development of racial tensions between Dominicans and Haitians is linked to the stark cultural differences and a racist ideology that dominated Dominican thought and culture and was propagated by Dominican leaders like Rafael Trujillo. Antihaitianismo is rooted in deep-set cultural differences, historical events, and economic differences between the neighboring countries. The Dominican Republic and Haiti although widely different have shared the same fight for independence and for the establishment

The history of the Dominican Republic formation is first dated back to The Taino’s, which split up the island into five territories and chiefdoms. A major event of the country’s formation was in 1492 when in his first voyage Christopher Columbus’s discovered and claimed it. Columbus’s exploration triggered Spanish takeover of the American mainland and the Caribbean. Due to the French taking control of the western third of the island, that part of the island became known as Haiti in 1804. The Dominican

Haiti is an independent black republic proud of its fashioned French, African, and Caribbean culture. So why are so many Haitians fleeing their homeland to their neighboring partner, Dominican Republic? First, let’s look at some key facts about Haiti. With those key facts we can see why Haitians in large amounts want to migrate to the Dominican Republic. Second, we can discuss the Dominican Republic being a place of possibilities. Final we will discuss how Dominicans feel about letting Haitians

An Immigrants Controversy On June 17, 2015 the Nacional Immigration Regulatory Plan reached it deadline, the week before the institution in charge of executing this process had a big crowd at their doors. Throughout the months given for this plan the immigrants, appeared to leave everything for last. The institution in charge of this plan was right next to my university, each day I passed by it and looked inside and saw only a couple of people completing their process of regularization. One day after