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History. At midday April 1, 1933, Rafael Trujillo ordered a decree that established a national time zone for the Dominican Republic, which was set to five hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Prior to that, time in the Dominican Republic was governed by Santo Domingo Mean Time, which was 4 hours and 40 minutes behind GMT. [2]
The Dominican Republic–Central America–United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR; Spanish: Tratado de Libre Comercio entre República Dominicana, Centroamérica y Estados Unidos de América, TLC) is a free trade agreement (legally a treaty under international law). Originally, the agreement encompassed the United States and the Central ...
John M. Langston. Chargé d'Affaires. March 26, 1884. Transmitted recall by mail, June 23, 1885. Accredited to Santo Domingo, also accredited to Haiti; resident at Port-au-Prince. John E. W. Thompson. Chargé d'Affaires. March 1, 1885. Relinquished charge at Port-au-Prince about October 17, 1889.
Danilo Medina Sánchez OE (Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [daˈnilo meˈðina ˈsantʃes]; born 10 November 1951) is a Dominican politician who was President of the Dominican Republic from 2012 to 2020. Medina previously served as Chief of Staff to the President of the Dominican Republic from 1996 to 1999 and from 2004 to 2006, and is a ...
The Dominican Republic [a] is a North American country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean.It shares a maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and a land border with Haiti to the west, occupying the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola which, along with Saint Martin, is one of only two islands in the Caribbean shared ...
The American idea to acquire Santo Domingo—dragged by political and economic instability since its separation from Haiti in 1844—traced back to 1854. [2] The U.S. occupied the Dominican Republic from 1916 until 1924 and intervened on behalf of the Dominican government during the 1965 Dominican Civil War.
Politics of the Dominican Republic. A referendum on annexation by the United States was held in the Dominican Republic on 19 February 1870. [1] The proposal was approved by 99.93% of voters, although turnout was just 30%. [1] However, the United States Senate rejected the annexation on 30 June 1870 with a 28–28 vote.
Canada has an embassy in Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic has an embassy in Ottawa and two consulates-general in Montreal and Toronto. Chile: 1922: See Chile-Dominican Republic relations. Chile has an embassy in Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic has an embassy in Santiago. Cuba: 5 April 1904, broken 26 June 1959, restored 16 April 1998