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There used (or it might still be there) a coffee tree grove behind the house of one of my great grandmother. Used to pass through it as a kid on my way yo me grandmother’s house which was next door, but very apart due to the size of the property. I have no idea what type of coffee it produced...

The DR can become the most green country on the planet and it will do absolutely nothing to stop global warming, global cooling, climate change, reduction of the ozone layer, increasing pollutants in the air, etc. Most of these “callings” come from a certain subset of the US population. Quite...

In this interview on May 16, 2024 of Luis Abinader, in the beginning he speaks of how his administration has increased the participation of women in the various government ministries (in positions of power) and of the various policies his government has put in place that benefit women and offer...

Leonel wrote a paper in the 1990’s or early 2000’s about the decrease of popularity of leaders after they spend too much time in power. Lets not pretend he doesn’t know this or “forgot.”

When you run a country as a quasi-dictatorship, whatever problems (particularly those that threaten your power) are swiftly dealt with. In his case, he basically made it impossible for his rival (who was/is a communist and would had diverted Singapore on that route since all he saw was the...

Legal construction workers… Their labor is going to get more expensive than the illegal pay-under-the-table kind. Plus, employers aren’t just responsible for paying the wages to legal workers, but also the additional costs which often doubles the cost of each legsl employee despite the employee...

That’s not it. The DR is a country that kept voting for Joaquín Balaguer despite everyone knew he was blind and very old. The only reason he was never voted into power after 1996 was because he wasn’t a contender in all those elections (not by his will.) Had it not been for that restriction...

Dustances not differences and elderly instead of eleerly (whatever that is), plus older instead of okder.

That’s more a function of how society works. Dominican society depends more on family (including the extended family) thsn North American ones. Unlike North Americans, very often the pool from where in the future you get most of your business partners and such are you cousins and other family...

Apparently, the DR (and Jamaica) had one of the best (lowest) mortality rate during the Covid pandemic. Puerto Rico and the French Guyana had the absolute best for the hemisphere. Haiti, Nicaragua, Peru, Bolivia, parts of Mexico and one state in Brazil had the worst in the hemisphere...

All I’m going to say is that I already spotted the house in Google Earth. Chances are he might not even be there and that might not be his actual residence but rather where he met the reporter, but it took me very little effort to locate it. And that’s in Port-au-Prince which is a crazy mess...

Btw, he is the one responsible for kidnapping the American missionaries and killing an American hostage.

I find it interesting how this guy is in the FBI Most Wanted list and he hasn’t been captured yet, however this reporter found him and met with him with realitive ease. To add salt to injury, his “hiding” place is a stone throw away from the US Embassy in Port-au-Prince! How is it that the FBI...

They need to build bullfight rings in SD and STI, but keep the Dominican tradition of not harming and killing the bulls (unlike in Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Peru…) This sport should be promoted more. Bulkfighting is now illegal in Cuba, but when I read Samuel Hazard’s book about his visit to...

According to the rumor mill, it appears the DR will be left in Cat 1. This still needs to be confirmed, but if it’s true then Dominican airlines can create new routes to the USA.