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    The History of the Dominican Republic: The Dominican Republic also known as the island of Hispaniola is the second largest island in the Caribbean, which contains two countries, Haiti & the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic was first explored by Columbus on his voyage to the New World. However, the origin and true history of the Dominican Republic goes far beyond his voyage. Before Christopher Columbus went on his journey to explore America, he stumbled upon the island of Hispaniola. Columbus

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    The dominican Republic is known as the breadbasket of the Caribbean because it grows, farms, and catches almost everything that’s served for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The Dominican Republic was the first colony founded by Christopher Columbus. It used to go by “La Hispaniola” in colonial times. Also the flag of the Dominican Republic is the only national flag in the world to feature the image of a bible. My country is the Dominican Republic. I learned about the culture, food, religion, imports

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    Republica Dominicana, or in english, the Dominican Republic. A filled with all kinds of culture, people, and baseball. This baseball has been passed down for many years, and will continue to be passed down for many more. Within this ever growing sport in the Dominican Republic, there is no limit to what you might come across. This includes things like chickens in baseball fields, crazy fans, crazy players, drug abuse, and many other things. In the Dominican Republic, you can find something new every single

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    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 with the higher amount of votes in the first round wins, also the candidate needs at least a 51% of the votes to win. (Electoral Law 275-97, Dominican Republic). I don’t believe our political system’s fair, neither does it represent the

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    The history of the Dominican Republic is something that is not usually talked about. Now, the city is buzzing with tourists and resorts, but what most people who visit the Dominican Republic don't know is the Era of Trujillo. The Dominican Republic has changed for the better and overcame the corruption of the former tyrant, Trujillo. The Dominican Republic is part of an island in the Caribbean called Hispaniola. The country occupies two-thirds of the island, while Haiti occupies the rest one-third

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    The people of the Dominican Republic are knowledgeable of their past in order to know what their future might bring. The Spanish settlers gave them their language, as well as their predominant faith. Africans were brought to the Dominican Republic as slaves, bringing their faith, music, and art. Their love of baseball came from the United States troops. Creativity such as music and art is a large portion of the Dominican Republican culture and lifestyle. Their music ranges from forms such as meringue

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    Today's Dominican Republic Current political system and its structure The Dominican Republic is a democratic state that is governed by a representative democracy. The democratic system is made up of three branches of government in the executive, judiciary, and the legislature. The president (Bencosme & Norton, 2005) represents the head of state. The president is the head of the executive branch. This branch is assigned the duties of making and executing the laws of the country. The laws are passed

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    The Dominican Republic was discovered by Christopher Columbus on his first voyage in 1492. He named it La Isla de Española. The capital, Santo Domingo was founded in 1496 is the oldest European settlement in the Western Hemisphere. Spain ceded the colony to France in 1795. The island was conquered in 1801 by Haitian blacks under the command of Toussaint L’Ouverture. In 1808 the people revolted and captured Santo Domingo the next year, setting up the first republic. Led by Pedro Santana the Haitians

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    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

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    By definition the Dominican Republic is a Caribbean Hispaniola Island that is shared with Haiti to the West. The Dominican Republic were enslaved by the spaniards while on the other side of the island the Haitians were enslaved by the french hence the obvious difference in languages and cultures. The main difference is that the Dominican Republic lost their racial identity and until present day are unaware of their true racial identity. Slavery affects every country and person differently but for

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