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  JURIST - Dominican Republic: Dominican Law, Legal Research, Human Rights
The Dominican Republic is a representative democracy whose national powers are divided among independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
The Dominican Republic Government's human rights record was poor in 2001, and serious problems remain.
The police, and to a lesser degree the military, tortured, beat, and otherwise abused detainees and prisoners.
jurist.law.pitt.edu /world/dominican.htm   (491 words)

  
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Dominican Republic
The territory of this republic, estimated at 18,045 square miles, is divided from that of the Republic of Haiti, on the west, by a serpentine line running from the mouth of the Yaqui River, on the north coast, to a point not far from Point Beata, on the south.
Thus, the present capital of the Dominican Republic, the oldest Christian city in the New World, was already established as the capital of the "New Spains" in the last year of the fifteenth century.
The Constitution of the Dominican Republic is said to be modelled on that of Venezuela; the president, elected for four years, is assisted by a council of ministers; the legislature is a single chamber elected by popular vote in twenty-four departments.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/05110a.htm   (1698 words)

  
 dominican republic migration and other dominican republic related information   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Haiti-Dominican Republic Migration Tensions Persist March 15, 1997 -- Migration-related tensions have continued between Haiti and the Dominican Republic in the wake of the Dominican...
Migration Dominican Republic Table of Contents The Dominican Republic was a country of migrants in the late 1980s; according to the 1981 census, nearly one-quarter of the population was...
Dominican Republic Table of Contents Dominican Republic Migration View of Altos de Chavón, near La Romana Courtesy Mark Salyers The Dominican Republic was a country of migrants in the late 1980s...
www.nethorde.com /dominican_republic/dominican-republic-migration.html   (335 words)

  
 USTR - Dominican Republic Joins Five Central American Countries in Historic FTA with U.S.
Zoellick notified Congress on August 4, 2003, of the Administration’s intent to negotiate an FTA with the Dominican Republic.
The Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico have the largest bilateral trading relationship in the Caribbean region, accounting for almost $1.3 billion in two-way commerce.
The U.S. Congress recently approved free trade greements with Australia and Morocco by wide margins (Australia passed the House 314 to 109 and the Senate 80 to 16; Morocco passed the House 323 to 99 and the Senate 85 to 13).
www.ustr.gov /Document_Library/Press_Releases/2004/August/Dominican_Republic_Joins_Five_Central_American_Countries_in_Historic_FTA_with_UShtml.html   (1127 words)

  
 Search Results for dominican republic - Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The central event in the Dominican Republic was the election on May 16, 2000, of Hipólito Mejía Dominguez to the presidency.
Competing as the two most important events in the Dominican Republic in 2002 were the country's legislative elections and the death of seven-time president Joaquín Balaguer.
Republic of the West Indies, occupying the eastern two-thirds of the...
www.britannica.com /search?query=dominican%20republic&ct=&fuzzy=N   (524 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Bush discusses trade with leader of the Dominican Republic
WASHINGTON – President Bush and the leader of the Dominican Republic agreed on Wednesday to jump-start a delayed free trade agreement to remove barriers to commerce between the two nations.
The Dominican Republic is one of six Latin American signatories to CAFTA, which is part of the administration's push to strike free trade deals with nations around the world as a way to boost U.S. exports.
The pact was supposed to take effect in the Dominican Republic on Jan. 1, but the country has not passed legislation needed to implement parts of the deal.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20061025-1320-bush-dominicanrepublic.html   (443 words)

  
 Congress Should Support Free Trade with Central America and the Dominican Republic
Congress and the Administration should be con­gratulated for approving accords that will bring real benefits to producers and consumers in America and its trading partners.
The Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, El Salva­dor, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua are small countries that have an economic importance to the United States that exceeds their size.
Congress is doing American consumers a disservice by failing to liberalize the sugar and textile sectors, but Members of Congress should not compound their error by rejecting a free trade agreement that would have little impact on those favored sectors and that promises economic gains for America.
www.heritage.org /Research/LatinAmerica/bg1822.cfm   (3612 words)

  
 BUBL LINK: Dominican republic
A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in the Dominican Republic, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language.
Detailed handbook describing the history of the Dominican Republic and analysing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors.
Particular attention is given to the people who make up the society, their origins, dominant beliefs and values, common interests and the issues on which they are divided, and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order.
bubl.ac.uk /link/d/dominicanrepublic.htm   (373 words)

  
 USTR - USTR Notifies Congress of Intent to Initiate Free Trade Talks with Bahrain
The Administration will seek to integrate the Dominican Republic into the FTA being negotiated between the United States and five nations in Central America.
The Dominican Republic's relatively open trade and investment regime, augmented by recent fiscal reforms, has made it one of the world's fastest growing economies over the last decade and an economic engine in the Caribbean Basin," wrote Zoellick in the letter to Congressional leaders.
Zoellick has been consulting with Congress throughout this year on ways to expand bilateral trade ties between the United States and the Dominican Republic, including on July 24, 2003, when he met with the Congressional Oversight Group (COG).
www.ustr.gov /Document_Library/Press_Releases/2003/August/USTR_Notifies_Congress_of_Intent_to_Initiate_Free_Trade_Talks_with_Bahrain.html   (634 words)

  
 Dominican Republic Aid Cutoff Still Possible By Congress -- 02/16/2000
The murder occurred in 1991 at Yolina Camancho's workplace in Tarrytown, New York, in Gilman's district.
Camancho's children have also written to the Dominican Republic President, Sir Leonel Fernandez Reyna, asking for Grullone's extradition.
The $8.5 million in assistance to the Dominican Republic, according to Gilman, includes programs that are funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and are designed to strengthen civil society, the rule of law and respect for human rights.
www.cnsnews.com /ViewPrint.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200002/POL20000216f.html   (261 words)

  
 Dominican Republic : Country Studies - Federal Research Division, Library of Congress
Chapter 1 - Dominican Republic: Historical Setting (Jonathan Hartlyn)
Chapter 2 - Dominican Republic: The Society and Its Environment (Lamar C. Wilson and Patricia Kluck)
Chapter 3 - Dominican Republic: The Economy (Boulos A. Malik)
lcweb2.loc.gov /frd/cs/dotoc.html   (125 words)

  
 GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE: Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: National Executive Branch / Poder Ejecutivo Nacional (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas)
JURIST: Dominican Republic (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
Country Study: Dominican Republic (Library of Congress) December 1989
www.loc.gov /law/guide/dominican.html   (316 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Dominican Republic
The remainder of the island, by then known as Santo Domingo, sought to gain its own independence in 1821, but was conquered and ruled by the Haitians for 22 years; it finally attained independence as the Dominican Republic in 1844.
The Dominican economy has had one of the fastest growth rates in the hemisphere over the past decade.
The Dominican Republic is a Caribbean representative democracy which enjoyed GDP growth of more than 7% in 1998-2000.
www.brainyatlas.com /geos/dr.html   (1158 words)

  
 Culture : Dominican Republic : Selected Internet Resources (Portals to the World, Library of Congress)
The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning the Dominican Republic is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 130 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.
One of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects relating to regional resources for Latin America is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/ca/dr/).
Another site one should especially note is the site prepared by the Law Library of the Library of Congress for international and multinational information on their Guide to Law Online (http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/dominican.html).
www.loc.gov /rr/international/hispanic/dr/resources/dr-culture.html   (409 words)

  
 USAID/Dominican Republic: Country Profile
Access a mini-atlas with a country description, facts and figures and links to a number of maps.
This is the official page of Dominican Ministry of Tourism.
You will find information about the Dominican Republic, its weather, tourist attractions and more on these sites.
www.usaid.gov /dr/about_dr.htm   (125 words)

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