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Exploring the Dominican Republic: A Cultural Tapestry of History and Heritage

The Dominican Republic offers travelers a vibrant cultural tapestry woven from European, African and indigenous Taíno influences. This unique blend manifests in every aspect of daily life, from the ...
Miami New Times

Author Edwidge Danticat on the Dominican Republic: “Government Is Trying to Erase a Whole Segment of History”

Physical and symbolic lines have long divided the island of Hispaniola. On the one side is Haiti, on the other, the Dominican Republic – two vastly different countries that have had a turbulent ...
Miami Herald

The Dominican Republic wants to build a border wall. It should learn from America’s mistakes | Opinion

In 2015, Haitian sugarcane workers rally in front of the Haitian embassy in Santo Domingo demanding the Haitian passports needed to regularize their migration status in the Dominican Republic. Erika ...
WRAL

Preserving Black American History Through Song in the Dominican Republic

SAMANA, Dominican Republic — Martha Leticia Wilmore, a retired schoolteacher who lives in this port town with a population of roughly 100,000 people off the northeastern edge of the island of ...
Yahoo

In 1871, the US almost acquired the Dominican Republic. President Ulysses S. Grant hoped that 'the entire colored population of the United States' would move to the island.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crowd of soldiers inside fort as a part of an annexation demonstration, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1871Library of Congress ...