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2. Economics Politics Environment Society & Culture My Family Tree

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4. Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) and Generalized Systems of Preferences—government programs that allow the import of raw materials, equipment, and goods for reexport duty-free—benefit the economy. Tax exempt status for up to 20 years is also available. Back To Table of Contents

5. Government of the Dominican Republic takes place in a framework of a representative democracy, whereby the President of the Dominican Republic is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. BackBack To Table of ContentsToTableofContents

6. The Executive has long been the dominant branch in the Dominican governmental system. BackBack To Table of ContentsToTableofContents

7. The president of the Dominican Republic is both the Head of State and the Head of Government, and is Commander in Chief of the armed forces. BackBack To Table of ContentsToTableofContents

8. Since August 2004, the President of the Republic is Leonel Fernández Reina and the Vice president is Rafael Alburquerque de Castro, of Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD). Leonel Fernández Reina Rafael Alburquerque de Castro BackBack To Table of ContentsToTableofContents

9. The main agencies responsible for environmental protection are the Department of National Parks and the Department of State for Agriculture. BackBack To Table of ContentsToTableofContents

10. The Dominican Republic has environmental problems in the areas of deforestation, water supply, and soil erosion, and as the eroding soil enters the sea, it damages the nation's coral reefs as well. BackBack To Table of ContentsToTableofContents

11. The country has 21 cu km of renewable water resources with 89% used for farming. About 97% of the population has access to pure drinking water. BackBack To Table of ContentsToTableofContents

12. In Dominican Republic the people talk Spanish. In Dominican Republic there are 95% that are Roman Catholics. BackBack To Table of ContentsToTableofContents

13. The location of Dominican Republic is in the Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti. BackBack To Table of ContentsToTableofContents

14. The government of Dominican Republic is a representative democracy. The capital of Dominican Republic is Santo Domingo. BackBack To Table of ContentsToTableofContents

15. The climate of Dominican Republic tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall, is mostly hot. BackBack To Table of ContentsToTableofContents

16. The population of Dominican republic is 8,833,634 (July 2004 est.) The ethnic make-up white 16%, black 11%, mixed 73. BackBack To Table of ContentsToTableofContents

17.  1924 James Clavell is born (author of Shogun, Noble House, Tai-Pan).  1932 "Betty & Bob" premiers on radio.  1991 Greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy.  1992 Floriade (Flower Show) closes at the Hague, Netherlands.  1986 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador. BackBack To Table of ContentsToTableofContents

18. Jessica Rosario Ariel RosarioAna M. Coronado Daniel CoronadoAna R. Coronado BackBack To Table of ContentsToTableofContents

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20. 1. The first European country to make landfall in the Caribbean was Portugal. 2. Legend says Ponce de Leon was searching for The Fountain of Youth. 3.Treaty of Tordesillas split the New World’s uncivilized lands between Spain and Italy. 4. The man responsible for championing Indian rights was Francisco Pizzaro. 5. In 1680, New Mexico’s Spanish settlers were chased out of the province by Pueblo Uprising.

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22. Junot Diaz is a winner of a Pulitzer, one of the greatest novelist of the Dominican Republic. “If you want to make a human being a monster, deny them, at the cultural level, any reflection of themselves”. When Junot Diaz was growing up he felt like a monster, he didn’t feel human. He said “I’m trying to write, like, a ‘Dominicans in Space’. A lot of people think he’s weird but he don’t care, what people think.