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Listín Diario, was founded on 1 August 1889 by Arturo Pellerano Alfau and Julian Atiles, two successful merchants who endeavored to inform the general public of the arrival and departure of merchant ships into Dominican ports. Soon after, the one page Listín Diario Marítimo became a broadsheet newspaper, printed out of the Pellerano & Atiles ...
Diario Libre is a free daily Spanish-language Dominican newspaper, founded on May 10, 2001. It is owned by the Dominican business Grupo Diario Libre, and it is part of the Latin American Newspaper Association. [6] Its first editor was Aníbal de Castro from 2001 to 2004, and its editor since 2004 has been Adriano Miguel Tejada. It has a ...
t. e. General elections were held in Dominican Republicon 15 May 2016 to elect a president, vice-president and the Congress, as well as 20 deputies to the Central American Parliament, municipal councils, mayors and vice mayors. [1][2]On 15 May 2015 Roberto Rosario, president of the Central Electoral Board, said that there would be about 4,300 ...
Puppet president of Rafael Trujillo until the assassination of Trujillo on 30 May 1961. Resigned. Members: Joaquín Balaguer (President), Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly (Vice-president), Eduardo Read Barreras (Second Vice-president), Eliseo Pérez Sánchez, Nicolás Pichardo, Luis Amiama Tió, Antonio Imbert Barrera.
Puerto Plata, officially known as San Felipe de Puerto Plata; ( French: Port-de-Plate) [ 4] is a major coastal city in the Dominican Republic, and capital of the province of Puerto Plata. [ 5] The city is a major trading port. Puerto Plata has resorts such as Playa Dorada and Costa Dorada, which are located east of the city proper.
The following is a list of the 158 [ 14] municipalities ( municipios) of the Dominican Republic as of June 1, 2021. [ 15] Name. Province. Created.
The first president was Pedro Santana, who was invested on 14 November 1844 by decision of the Central Government Junta. The current president of the Dominican Republic is Luis Abinader of the Modern Revolutionary Party, who won the 2020 Dominican Republic general election and took office on 16 August 2020 from Danilo Medina.
The country boasts one of the ten most important design schools in the region, La Escuela de Diseño de Altos de Chavón, which is making the country a key player in the world of fashion and design. Noted fashion designer Oscar de la Renta was born in the Dominican Republic in 1932, and became a US citizen in 1971. By 1963, he had designs ...