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	Dominican Republic History by Hispaniola.com
		In both the Dominican Republic and Haiti, the end result was to shift power away from civilians to the military.
		His term in the Dominican Republic Presidency was, in the end, marred by allegations of massive corruption and misappropriation of government funds.
		Election results in the National Assembly election gave a majority to the Peña Gomez party, which opposed Fernández's, showing people's shifting opinions and the beginnings of true democratic elections in the Dominican Republic.
	www.hispaniola.com /dominican_republic/info/history.php (4788 words)

	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Geography of the Dominican Republic
		DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Geography of the Dominican Republic
		The Dominican Republic is located in Central America in the Caribean in between Cuba and Puerto Rico...
		The Dominican Republic has taken knowledge the importance of natures protection, today more than 20% of the country has been set to be a natural reserve.
	www.logitour-repdom.com /geography-dominican-republic.html (669 words)

	Elections: Latin American Studies: Collections: SSHL
		Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico October 2001: "Following months of negotiations, a key political agreement was achieved in late September with the announcement of a pact for constitutional reform between the (PRD), the PRSC and the PLD.
		Dominican Republic, Haiti October 2002: "In the new legislature that took office in August 2002 the PRD government has 29 senators and 73 deputies; in opposition the PRSC has two senators and 36 deputies and the PLD one senator and 41 deputies" (page 5).
		Dominican Republic, Haiti October 2002: "In mid-September the PLD filed a complaint with the Organisation of American States concerning the governing party's disregard of public opinion in election of new members to the electoral commission.
	sshl.ucsd.edu /collections/las/dominicanrepublic/1995.html (5450 words)

	Dominican Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Dominican Republic is a Spanish -speaking representative democracy located on the eastern portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, bordering Haiti.
		The Dominican Republic is a representative democracy whose national powers are divided among independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
		The Dominican Republic is known for a form of music called merengue, which has been popular since the mid- to late- 1800s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dominican_Republic (868 words)

	Profile, Dominican Republic, RedsealVacations.com
		For the vast majority of the republic's population, the twin constraints of limited land and limited employment opportunities defined the daily struggle for existence.
		In the midst of far-reaching changes, the republic continued to be a profoundly family oriented society.
		Dominicans of every social stratum relied on family and kin for social identity and for interpersonal relationships of trust and confidence, particularly in the processes of migration and urbanization.
	www.redsealvacations.com /Dominican-Republic/Dominican-Republic-Profile.shtml (661 words)

	Politics Of The Dominican Republic [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a Spanish-speaking representative democracy located on the eastern portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, bordering Haiti.
		elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year terms; election last held 16 May May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years).
		See: Flag of the Dominican Republic The Flag of the Dominican Republic features a centered white cross that extends to the edges and divides the flag into four rectangles —the top ones are blue (hoist side) and red, and the bottom ones are red (hoist side) and blue.
	www.wikimirror.com /Politics_of_the_Dominican_Republic (2872 words)

	SSHL: Latin American Election Statistics: Dominican Republic : Elections and events 1995-2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico October 2001: "Following months of negotiations, a key political agreement was achieved in late September with the announcement of a pact for constitutional reform between the (PRD), the PRSC and the PLD.
		Dominican Republic, Haiti October 2002: "In the new legislature that took office in August 2002 the PRD government has 29 senators and 73 deputies; in opposition the PRSC has two senators and 36 deputies and the PLD one senator and 41 deputies" (page 5).
		Dominican Republic, Haiti October 2002: "In mid-September the PLD filed a complaint with the Organisation of American States concerning the governing party's disregard of public opinion in election of new members to the electoral commission.
	dodgson.ucsd.edu /las/dominican/1995dom.htm (5485 words)

	Dominican Republic - Recommended resorts, Trip advisor, All Vacation Ideas
		Options for arriving in the Dominican Republic by boat are mostly limited to hitting the country as one of the ports of call on a longer Caribbean cruise.
		Dominican correos, or post offices, are notoriously slow; even if you use special delivery (highly recommended) you'll still have to allow at least three weeks for your postcard or letter to reach North America, and at least a month for it to reach Europe or Australasia.
		The Dominican Republic has also enjoyed the highest economic growth rate in the entire hemisphere (though this has slackened of late), and the outlook today for the nation is better than it has been in centuries.
	www.all-vacation-ideas.com /dominican-republic.html (5445 words)

	SSHL: Latin American Election Statistics: Dominican Republic : Elections and events 1990-1994 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Wiarda 1992: "The election of 1990 was held under intense international scrutiny as former U.S. President Jimmy Carter led a delegation of observers to the Dominican Republic…After a series of recounts, Balaguer was declared the victor by a 20,000-vote margin.
		Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico 1992, 1: "The leader of the Partido Revolucionario Independiente (PRI), Jacobo Majluta, was involved in December 1991 in negotiations with a group of leading members of the governing [PRSC], who urged him to join the Reformistas as a potential presidential candidate for May 1994" (page 21).
		Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico 1994, 1: "The long-awaited announcement by President Joaquín Balaguer of his intention to seek a seventh term in the May election was made on January 6, to a special convention of the governing [PRSC].
	dodgson.ucsd.edu /las/dominican/1990dom.htm (5656 words)

	Postelection Statement on Dominican Republic Elections, May 18, 2000
		Article 13 of the Dominican constitution guarantees to all citizens the right to vote, and voting in a democracy should not be as burdensome an experience as it was for many Dominicans on May 16.
		In a close election, and in an atmosphere where some of the major political actors believe (or say) that the election administrators are acting in a partisan fashion, the political impact of small problems is often exaggerated and they become harder to address.
		This and the subsequent 1998 elections in the Dominican Republic were accepted by the citizens and political contestants alike as democratic and well-administered.
	www.cartercenter.org /news/documents/doc248.html (3396 words)

	Elections: Latin American Studies: Collections: SSHL
		Wiarda 1992: "The election of 1990 was held under intense international scrutiny as former U.S. President Jimmy Carter led a delegation of observers to the Dominican Republic…After a series of recounts, Balaguer was declared the victor by a 20,000-vote margin.
		Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico 1992, 1: "The leader of the Partido Revolucionario Independiente (PRI), Jacobo Majluta, was involved in December 1991 in negotiations with a group of leading members of the governing [PRSC], who urged him to join the Reformistas as a potential presidential candidate for May 1994" (page 21).
		Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico 1994, 1: "The long-awaited announcement by President Joaquín Balaguer of his intention to seek a seventh term in the May election was made on January 6, to a special convention of the governing [PRSC].
	sshl.ucsd.edu /collections/las/dominicanrepublic/1990.html (5621 words)

	Dominican Republic Real Estate - Real Estate Properties of the Dominican Republic, Villas, Apartments, Homes, Houses, ...
		Dominican Republic not only offers great weather, beautiful beaches, tropical scenery and friendly people, but also as the tourism increases an idyllic place to invest or retire to.
		Two thirds of the area are the Dominican Republic (48.734 km2, 8 million habitants).In the north The island verges the Atlantic ocean and in the south it borders the Caribbean.
		Dominican Republic Investment We are specialist for investment in the dominican republic.
	www.dominican-estate.com (2249 words)

	Dominican Republic Hotels, Dominican Republic Travel Directory
		The Dominican Republic Travel Guide is a comprehensive directory of facts and figures that we hope you will find interesting.
		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.
	www.vlmdominicanrepublic.com /country/41/guide (324 words)

	US Invasion Dominican Republic 1965
		The Johnson Administration's unilateral decision to invade the Dominican Republic was based on erroneous information and the President's own concerns over the possibility of "another Cuba" in the hemisphere and the residual effect that it would have on U.S. efforts in Vietnam.
		Dominican opposition to intervention did not sway the U.S. In 1912, internal conflict in the Dominican Republic captured President Taft's attention when customs houses were forced to close.
		The political future in the Dominican Republic greatly concerned the Administration particularly when it appeared that "Desiderio Arias, a caudillo reported by American officials to have pro-German sympathies," was emerging as a national leader.
	fuentes.csh.udg.mx /CUCSH/Sincronia/dominican.html (4399 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Background (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela).
		Presidential elections scheduled for 2005 are unlikely to bring change since the opposition remains weak, divided, and financially dependent on the current regime.
		Following the elections of a reformist president and Majlis in the late 1990s, attempts to foster political reform in response to popular dissatisfaction have floundered as conservative politicians have prevented reform measures from being enacted, increased repressive measures, and consolidated their control over the government.
	www.phatnav.com /factbook/fields/2028.html (16146 words)

	CNN - Opposition candidate has early lead in Dominican elections - May 17, 1996
		SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CNN) -- An opposition party candidate was in the lead Friday in presidential elections in the Dominican Republic.
		Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) candidate Leonel Fernandez was second with 37.7 percent, and Vice President Jacinto Peynado, the candidate of the ruling Social Christian Reform Party (PRSC), was third with 16.4 percent of the counted ballots.
		Election officials say that Thursday's vote was relatively quiet, although a Dominican of Haitian descent was killed in an argument over the man's race and right to vote, and police broke up another fight over the same issue.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9605/17/dominican.elex (471 words)

	Elections in Haiti, Dominican Republic reflect rising opposition to IMF policies
		Nationwide elections held in the two countries which share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola produced landslide victories for parties which claimed, however demagogically, to oppose policies of austerity and privatization dictated by the International Monetary Fund and other Western-controlled lending agencies.
		The Dominican election saw the victory of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), whose presidential candidate, Hipólito Mejía, won 49.9 percent of the vote, compared to 26.7 percent for six-time former president Joaquin Balaguer.
		On the eve of the election, Lavalas held its final election rally in the Cite Soleil neighborhood of the capital city, a huge slum which is a traditional party stronghold.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2000/jun2000/hait-j02.shtml (1548 words)

	Politics of the Dominican Republic Summary
		The Dominican Republic is a representative democracy in which all citizens may vote once they reach 18 years of age, or even earlier if they are married.
		Although the economy of the Dominican Republic was outperforming those of its neighbors in the Caribbean, only 24% of Dominicans felt confident that the positive economic climate would continue, according to a poll published in summer 2002.
		Politics of the Dominican Republic takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of the Dominican Republic is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
	www.bookrags.com /Politics_of_the_Dominican_Republic (2903 words)

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		In accordance with Election law No.275-97 of the Dominican Republic, regular elections shall mean elections that are held periodically on dates previously determined by the Constitution and general elections shall mean elections that are required to be held throughout the territory of the Republic.
		ELECTION DAY Election day unfolded quite normally, with a few minor difficulties that are typical when changes are made to the voting system and sporadic acts of violence, which, however, did not compromise the process as a whole.
		The election held in the Dominican Republic, by which the country’s congressional and municipal authorities were elected, has the same importance as an election to renew the Executive Branch, in accordance with the provisions of the Democratic Charter.
	www.oas.org /consejo/Docs/cp10774e04.doc (8036 words)

	Dominican Republic - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		LOCATION and GEOGRAPHY: The Dominican Republic is located in the Caribbean Sea and occupies 66% of the island of Hispaniola while the territory also includes the islands of Beata Catalina, Saona, Alto Velo and Catalinita.
		It is bound by Haiti to the west, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and the Caribbean Sea to the south.
		In 1993 political campaigning intensified in anticipation of 1994 presidential elections with the leader of the Dominican Revolutionary Party, Jose Francisco Pena Gomez, accusing the ruling Social Christian Reformist Party of mounting a racist campaign by calling him a Haitian and raising fears of a French-sponsored campaign to unite the country with Haiti.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/dominrep.htm (1304 words)

	9620—Democracy, Elections, and Peace—5/14/96
		The current president of the Dominican Republic, Joaquin Balaguer, who has been president for 22 of the last 30 years and ruled the country directly or indirectly for much longer than that, is not on the ballot.
		The elections were not completely clean or great, but they were far better than the usual way in which Haitians had transferred power in the past, which is by the gun.
		Mediating elections is what we do, which is monitoring elections plus working with all parties to make sure that all parties feel that they are having a fair chance—that the electoral process can be free and fair.
	www.commongroundradio.org /shows/96/9620.html (3930 words)

	Dominican Republic
		The Dominican Republic in the West Indies occupies the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with Haiti.
		The Dominican Republic was explored by Columbus on his first voyage in 1492.
		A sergeant in the Dominican army trained by the marines, Rafaél Leonides Trujillo Molina, overthrew Horacio Vásquez in 1930 and established a dictatorship that lasted until his assassination in 1961, 31 years later.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107475.html (883 words)

	Timeline Dominican Republic
		Haiti and the Dominican Republic comprise the Island of Hispaniola.
		From 1844--after independence from Haitian—until 1899, the fledgling republic was dominated by a series of dictatorial “men on horseback.” One of these strong men, Pedro Santana, endeavored to stave off the threat of Haiti by returning the country to Spanish control, with him as the Governor General beginning in 1861.
		The Dominican Republic toll was later set at 265; 154 in Haiti; 6 in Cuba; 11 in Puerto Rico; 2 in Antigua; 4 in St. Kitts and Nevis and 1 in the Bahamas.
	timelines.ws /countries/DOMINREP.HTML (4318 words)

	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: parliamentary elections Senado, 2002
		Elections were held for all the seats in the Senate on the normal expiry of the members' term of office.
		Up for election on 16 May 2002 were all 182 seats in the Congress, 32 in the Senate and 150 in the Chamber of Deputies, as well as 912 municipal positions, including the 125 mayoral posts.
		Some 4.6 million people were registered to vote in the elections and the final turnout was 51 per cent, much lower than in the previous legislative elections held in 1998.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2094_02.htm (394 words)

	LANIC Electoral Observatory: Elections in the Dominican Republic
		LANIC Electoral Observatory: Elections in the Dominican Republic
		Elections in the Dominican Republic - May 16, 2000
		Source: Elections in the Dominican Republic by Agora & Rueters.
	lanic.utexas.edu /info/newsroom/elections/dominicanrepublic/052000.html (105 words)

	Dominican Republic travel guide - Wikitravel
		The Dominican Republic is a Caribbean country that occupies the eastern two-thirds of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.
		Fax: (809) 687-8583 [4] Located on the southeast coast of the Dominican Republic facing the gorgeous islands of Saona and Catalina, the 83,000-square-foot hotel boasts the island's most beautiful white sand beaches.
		Dominicans are very kind people who love to give the best service to the people.
	wikitravel.org /en/Dominican_Republic (1458 words)

	The Black Commentator - Elections in Haiti: Papering Over an Illegal Situation
		Nevertheless, the interim government is determined to hold elections in November of this year, despite rampant violence and the continuing imprisonment of Lavalas party leaders.
		The goal of these elections is not to elect a representative government chosen by the people of Haiti, but rather to legitimize the ongoing process to eliminate Lavalas as a national movement and to demonstrate popular support for the candidate hand picked by the United States government.
		Any free society would consider elections a sham in which members of the most popular party cannot campaign because of threats of imprisonment or death, and such is the state of "demonstration" elections in Haiti today.
	www.blackcommentator.com /155/155_haiti_action_committee_elections.html (995 words)

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