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A taste of the tropical: The Dominican Republic revealed

Another great post from a British website: Sammy Davis Junior is a friend of mine. I met him last week in the Dominican Republic. He poured me Santo-libre cocktails while balancing on the tailgate of a fast-moving truck. Santo-libres are the rum-and-Sprite cousin of the more familiar rum-and-Coke Cuba-libre. They taste just as good. I had not expected to find Sammy Davis Junior alive, well, and extreme-bartending in the Dominican Republic, but I knew precious little about the country before I…

FROM THE ARCHIVES: BLACK DENIAL IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

This is fantastic article I just found that kind of open my eyes as to my identity as a Dominican and how much the mostly black Dominican Republic believes they are something else.  This is a fascinating article that went deep into this cultural phenomenon. Please enjoy it: Dominican Republic Yara Matos holds her hair extensions as a stylist in the Herrera neighborhood prepares to give her the look of long, straight hair. (Candace Barbot/Miami Herald) BLACK DENIAL Nearly all Dominican women straighten their hair, which experts say…

Loss of sea access hits the Dominican Republic’s already pressed fishermen

The article bellow describes one growing concerns to me and it should be a concern to all Dominicans.  There are many socio-economic issues in the Dominican Republic.  One of them is the lawless ongoing corruption that seems to never stop and impunity to those who practice it is about certain.  I am happy to see how this new generation of Dominicans, with the help of technology are more aware of the situation in the country and eager to participate in…

Around-the-world flight will promote private aviation, Dominican Republic

SANTO DOMINGO.- A couple from Europe will today take off at 10 a.m. today from La Isabela (AILI) International Airport after a sendoff ceremony, in an around-the-world flight to promote private aviation and the Dominican Republic. The private pilots will fly out of Hispaniola island portraying the Dominican flag on their plane’s tail, to emulate where everything began after the discovery of the New World. The couple Detlef Heun, from Germany, and Julian Tagliamonte, from Spain, arrived from the United States two weeks ago to…

Country profile: Dominican Republic

Facts and statistics on the Dominican Republic including history, population, politics, geography, economy, religion and climate Potted history of the country: The home of the Taíno people since the 7th century, the island of Hispianola was Christopher Columbus’s springboard to the New World after 1492. In 1697, Spain ceded the western third, which later became Haiti, to France. Independence was declared in 1821, leading to a 22-year occupation by Haiti and a return to Spanish rule until 1865. Rafael Trujillo led a bloody regime…

Paradisus Palma Real Hotel

Among the things that are repeatedly commented on where the Dominican Republic is concerned would have to be its relaxed atmosphere, its happy-go-lucky charm and its simplicity. But there is room in among all of that for a bit of luxury, and the Paradisus Palma Real is the proof of that. With some of the most glorious fixtures and fittings anywhere on the island of Hispaniola, this is a hotel that you will never want to leave, even when the…