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Topic: President of the Dominican Republic

	Bosch, Juan on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		(hwän bōsh) (Juan Bosch Gavino), 1909-2001, president of the Dominican Republic (Feb.-Sept., 1963).
		In 1966, Bosch was overwhelmingly defeated for the presidency by Joaquín Balaguer.
		Former Dominican President Juan Bosch dies at 92
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/b/bosch-j1u.asp (386 words)

	Joaquín Balaguer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo (September 1, 1906 – July 14, 2002) was the President of the Dominican Republic from 1960 to 1962,from 1966 to 1978, and again from 1986 to 1996.
		Balaguer was born in the Dominican Republic from a Puerto Rican father and a Dominican mother.
		He ran for president in 2000 but was placed third with 24.6% of the first-round vote.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joaquin_Balaguer (288 words)

	Dominican Republic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Dominican Republic is a Spanish-speaking representative democracy located on the eastern portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, bordering Haiti.
		The president appoints the cabinet, executes laws passed by the legislative branch, and is commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
		Dominican impressions: The Enchantment of the Dominican Republic.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/D/Dominican-Republic.htm (865 words)

	US Invasion Dominican Republic 1965
		President Wilson's concern for democracy and fear of German influence yielded an eight year occupation and rule of the Dominican Republic by the U.S. Navy.
		President Johnson was convinced that Fidel Castro was behind this revolt in the Dominican Republic.
		President Johnson made it clear to the people of Latin America that he was not concerned with their welfare or interests if they infringed his goals and interests.
	fuentes.csh.udg.mx /CUCSH/Sincronia/dominican.html (4399 words)

	[08 Sep 2000]: PRESS BRIEFING BY PRESIDENT OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
		Hipolito Mejia Dominguez, the President of the Dominican Republic, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning that his time at the Millennium Summit was an “unforgettable experience”.
		The President replied that it was not the primary cause but it was one of the causes.
		Asked what the President expected as the outcome of the Millennium Summit, he replied that he had initially been quite critical about this type of meeting, but at this point he was optimistic.
	www.un.org /News/briefings/docs/2000/20000908.dominicanpc.doc.html (773 words)

	Country Report - Dominican Republic 99 - Chapter IX
		The laws of the Dominican Republic provide that one who is going to be deported must have the opportunity to be heard and to present arguments on his or her behalf.
		Dominicans are: All persons born in the territory of the Republic with the exception of the legitimate children of foreigners resident in the country in diplomatic representation or in transit.
		During its visit to the Dominican Republic, the Commission was informed by the government authorities of the preliminary immigration bill that was under study.
	www.cidh.org /countryrep/DominicanRep99/Chapter9.htm (4836 words)

	Fundacion Global Democracia y Desarrollo
		Leonel Fernández, former constitutional president of the Dominican Republic (1996-2000), is the chairman and president of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, respectively.
		President Fernández is member to various foreign councils and institutions, including Círculo de Montevideo (since 1996), Council of Freely Elected Government Heads of the Carter Center (since 1997, Spanish Foreign Affairs (since 2000), Inter-American Dialogue (since 2001), and Club of Madrid (since 2001).
		Leonel Fernández was born on December 26, 1953 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to José Antonio Fernández-Collado and Yolanda Reyna-Romero.
	www.funglode.org /menu2/sobrefunglode/biografia.htm (1239 words)

	Hispanic Business News: Dr. Leonel Fernandez, President of the Dominican Republic, Announces His Support for Miami as ...
		In his remarks on Miami, President Fernandez discussed the strong ties that unite the Dominican Republic and Florida and the dynamic trade relationship between the two.
		"The Dominican Republic and President Fernandez have consistently been one of Florida's strongest supporters in the region, and their endorsement today is the latest example of the special relationship uniting Florida and the Dominican Republic," Governor Bush said.
		The Dominican Republic is Florida's second largest trading partner in the world, with a bilateral relationship of almost $4.9 billion in 2003.
	www.hispanicbusiness.com /news/news_print.asp?id=18567 (639 words)

	Caribbean Net News: Dominican Republic
		SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP): Three Haitians who were severely burned by attackers died in a Santo Domingo hospital from their injuries, a hospital official said Tuesday...
		SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic: Max Puig, Secretary of State for Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic, has warned that some sectors (which he did not name) want to be given a blank check to ruin the riches within the country’s protected areas...
		ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominican authorities disclosed Thursday that visa requirements would be slapped on nationals from Haiti and the Dominican Republic to curb their illegal migration to neighbouring Caribbean islands...
	www.caribbeannetnews.com /domrep/domrep.htm (1069 words)

	Dominican Republic -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Dominican Republic's shores are washed by the Caribbean to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the north.
		The central event in the Dominican Republic was the election on May 16, 2000, of Hipólito Mejía Dominguez to the presidency.
		Located in the Caribbean Sea, the Dominican Republic covers an area of 18,792 square miles (48,671 square kilometers), occupying the eastern portion of Hispaniola, the second largest island of the Antilles.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9117380?&query=dominican (851 words)

	Peace Corps Online \| To Honor 40th Anniversary Celebration Of Peace Corps Dominican Republic President Mejia ...
		Hernandez was distinguished with the Duarte-Sanchez-Mella Medal of Merit by President Mejia for his continued support and involvement in the Peace Corps mission in the Dominican Republic, and for the many years he has dedicated in service and collaboration to the Dominican people.
		The Peace Corps continues to be committed to assisting the government and the people of the Dominican Republic to improve the quality of life for the majority by providing technical assistance in agriculture, health, water and sanitation, education, natural resources management, and community economic development.
		United through "Friends of the Dominican Republic", former volunteers and staff members support the Peace Corps mission in the Dominican Republic and share their knowledge of the country to the Peace Corps and to the American public.
	peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/467/3006.html (790 words)

	Dominican president's visit to Lawrence makes history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		When Hipolito Mejia was campaigning in Lawrence two years ago, he promised Dominicans he would return to the city if he was elected president of the Dominican Republic.
		Although many Dominican politicians come to campaign in Lawrence and other American cities with large Dominican populations, Mejia said he is not running for re-election.
		He encouraged his fellow Dominicans to educate their children so that one day they too can contribute to the betterment of the homeland of their parents.
	www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20021001/FP_003.htm (721 words)

	DOMINICAN VICE-PRESIDENT VISITS UNESCO {5 November 1999} (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Paris, November 5 {No.99-245} - The Vice-President of the Dominican Republic Jaime David Fernández Mirabal, addressing the UNESCO General Conference today, has highlighted the progress made in his country in the field of strengthening democratic institutions and has made a call for greater solidarity.
		In her speech of welcome, the President of the General Conference Jaroslava Moserová praised the vigorous co-operation between UNESCO and the Dominican Republic.
		The President of the Executive Council Christopher J. Chetsanga, for his part, recalled that the island that had dazzled Christopher Columbus had also endured the inhuman blight of slavery, and he stressed the importance of the "duty of memory".
	www.unesco.org /bpi/eng/unescopress/99-245e.htm (283 words)

	Balaguer, Joaquín on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He served as vice president (1957-60) and assumed the presidency (1960) when the dictator's brother, Hector Trujillo, resigned.
		Exiled until 1965, he returned at the time of the U.S. military intervention, and won the presidency in 1966 and again, in elections boycotted by the opposition, in 1970 and 1974.
		Dominican president Balaguer at summit: He's seen it all before.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Balaguer.asp (353 words)

	Dominican Republic: Government should not seek the recapture of Luis Lizardo Cabrera
		Amnesty International has appealed to the President of the Dominican Republic not to seek the recapture of Luis Lizardo Cabrera, a political activist detained in 1989, who escaped from prison on 24 December 1996 and whose current whereabouts are unknown.
		In a letter to the Dominican President, Leonel Fernández Reyna, Amnesty International reiterated its conviction that Luis Lizardo, who was detained following allegations that he was involved in the bombing in April 1989 of an educational centre in Santo Domingo, is a prisoner of conscience.
		In its letter, the human rights organization reminded President Fernández that the Dominican Republic has ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the American Convention on Human Rights, and that the detention of Luis Lizardo is in contravention of these instruments.
	www.amnestyusa.org /countries/dominican_republic/document.do?id=2E5D381210C18BC08025690000693273 (328 words)

	USU, Dominican Republic sign scholarship agreement - The Statesman - Campus News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		President Stan Albrecht, accompanied by First Lady Joyce Albrecht and other university officials, signed a five-year agreement to train students from the Dominican Republic at Utah State University.
		The signing ceremony, held at the Presidential Palace in Santo Domingo April 19, was presided over by the president of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernández.
		During the Dominican Republic trip, President Albrecht and the Utah State delegation attended a luncheon honoring the university, hosted by Hans R. Hertell, the U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
	www.utahstatesman.com /news/2005/05/10/CampusNews/Usu-Dominican.Republic.Sign.Scholarship.Agreement-950360.shtml (735 words)

	AllRefer.com - Haiti - François Duvalier, 1957-71 \| Haitian Information Resource
		Duvalier and Bosch were confirmed adversaries; the Dominican president provided asylum and direct support to Haitian exiles who plotted against the Duvalier regime.
		Duvalier ordered the Presidential Guard to occupy the Dominican chancery in Pétionville in an effort to apprehend an army officer believed to have been involved in an unsuccessful attempt to kidnap the dictator's son, Jean-Claude Duvalier, and daughter, Simone Duvalier.
		Dominican military commanders, who found Bosch's political leanings too far to the left, expressed little support for an invasion of Haiti.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/haiti/haiti25.html (1128 words)

	Scoop: Dominican Republic President Hipólito Mejía
		Former President Fernández, now in Washington to participate in the meetings at the conservative Center for Strategic and International Studies, is seeing his administration going down in Dominican history as putatively one of the most corrupt in the country's modern epoch.
		A separate study made by Transparency International awarded the Dominican Republic a score of 3.1 for the year 2000 (with 10 being the best score and 1 the worst) when Fernández finished his term, and ranked the government as among one of the most corrupt in the hemisphere.
		The president of the Association of Industrial Enterprises informed President Mejía that the competitiveness of the industrial sector is being undermined by these decisions, and that in the end, it will be the consumer who is going to be the most effected after the increases in production costs are absorbed by them.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/WO0210/S00013.htm (3663 words)

	State Visit from the President of Dominican Republic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The President of the Dominican Republic was accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Relations, Doctor Hugo Tolentino Dipp, other high officials of the Dominican Government and businessmen.
		The Prime Minister and President considered that the honouring of continuous external debt payments constitute an obstacle for the economic and social development of their people; whereby to meet the desired international goals of social justice, a great portion of the national budget is designated to fulfilling these commitments.
		President Mejia took the opportunity to extend a cordial invitation to Prime Minister Musa to officially visit the Dominican Republic.
	www.belize.gov.bz /features/dominican_president/pres.html (1758 words)

	CNN.com - Former Dominican Republic president leads polls - Jan. 16, 2004
		Leonel Fernandez served one term as president of the Dominican Republic, ending in 2000.
		With the economy in a slump, voters in the Dominican Republic appear ready to re-elect a former president who led the Caribbean nation during a time of relative prosperity.
		Fernandez has campaigned on slogans such as "We were better off with Leonel," and "Leonel Returns," reminding Dominicans of the prosperity during his four-year term, when the economy grew at an annual rate of 8 percent and the dollar traded at 16 pesos, compared to the mid-40s today.
	cnn.com /2004/WORLD/americas/01/16/dominican.fernandezre.ap (642 words)

	Daily Telegraph (London, England): Obituary of Joaquin Balaguer; President of the Dominican Republic who built a ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Obituary of Joaquin Balaguer; President of the Dominican Republic who built a memorial to Columbus and was re-elected six times.(News)(Obituary)
		JOAQUIN BALAGUER, who died yesterday aged 94, was president of the Dominican Republic seven times, and triumphed over blindness and the frailties of old age.
		In 1994, a sightless octogenarian beset by high blood pressure and illness, he was elected for the last time, determined to overcome economic problems threatening his Caribbean country.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:88986968&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (216 words)

	Congressman Charles B. Rangel - (NY15) - Rep. Rangel Hosts Congressional Meeting With The President Of The Dominican ...
		President Mejia is providing great leadership not just for the Dominican Republic but for the entire Caribbean region,” said Rep. Rangel.
		President Mejía, the Members of Congress, and participants from the Dominican government and the Dominican American community discussed the growing ties between the United States and the Dominican Republic.
		The meeting specifically addressed the feasibility of including the Dominican Republic in the ongoing free trade agreement discussions between the U.S. and five Central American countries.
	www.house.gov /apps/list/speech/ny15_rangel/drmtg.html (463 words)

	Ex-Im :: News Release :: EXPORT-IMPORT BANK VICE PRESIDENT MEETING WITH DOMINICAN REPUBLIC OFFICIALS AND BUSINESS ...
		In fiscal year 2002, the Dominican Republic was Ex-Im Bank's second largest market worldwide.
		"Ex-Im Bank is interested in working with government and businesses in the Dominican Republic to address a significant increase in demand for our financial services," Aguirre said.
		Ex-Im Bank began financing exports to the Dominican Republic in 1940 with a $3 million sale of U.S.-made agriculture and manufacturing equipment.
	www.exim.gov /pressrelease.cfm/6BADDE96-D73F-3A70-F56E45F162639A2B (267 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.
		Basic reference information about the Dominican Republic, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
	bubl.ac.uk /link/d/dominicanrepublic.htm (373 words)

	CBC News:Dominican Republic votes in new president
		SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Republic President Hipolito Mejia conceded defeat following a weekend vote, as the former leader of the island nation prepared to return to office.
		The trilingual Fernandez, who holds a law degree, was president of the Dominican Republic from 1996 to 2000.
		About 70 per cent of the island's five million registered voters headed to the polls, and for the first time, Dominicans living off the island were allowed to vote.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/2004/05/17/world/dominican_040517 (217 words)

	Dominican Republic Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Dominican Republic data and basic indicators (In Spanish).
		Dominican Republic Country Commercial Guide for FY 1996 (July 1995).
		Includes the searchable text of the Dominican Labor Code/Código de Trabajo, national minimum wage by employment sector, labor statistics for 1996, and a list of publications of the Secretaría de Estado de Trabajo.
	www.creighton.edu /~mapoma/domrep/domrep.html (1350 words)

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