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Topic: Santiago Province, Dominican Republic


  
  Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Santiago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
**Santiago, a parish in the municipality of Arganil
**Santiago Maior, a parish in the municipality of Alandroal
**Santiago Maior, a parish in the municipality of Beja
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/santiago   (909 words)

  
 Santiago - santiago
Santiago, luis santiago a parish in the municipality of Lisbon
Santiago, santiago munne a parish in the municipality of Tavira
Santiago, a parish in the municipality santiago of Valdés
www.meteoroloo.com /Met-North-America-S/Santiago.html   (646 words)

  
 Santiago - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Santiago (Chile), capital city of Chile, on the Mapocho River, in the central part of the country.
Santiago is situated at an elevation of 520 m...
Santiago (Dominican Republic), full name Santiago de los Caballeros, city in the northern Dominican Republic, capital of Santiago Province, on the...
ca.encarta.msn.com /Santiago.html   (83 words)

  
 MAR | Data | Assessment for Haitian Blacks in the Dominican Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Haitian descendants and immigrants in the Dominican Republic are socially discriminated against by the dominant Dominican society.
Sixteen percent of the Dominican Republic is of European descent, eleven percent is of African descent and the remainder of the population is a mix of both European and African descent.
Dominicans tend to resent Haitians based on racism against “African” racial traits, the Haitian occupation of the Dominican Republic from 1822 to 1844, and historic abuses (which are often exaggerated or made-up) by Haitians against the European-descended Dominican population.
www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=4201   (1103 words)

  
 Elections: Latin American Studies: Collections: SSHL
Dominican crisis 1965 1971: "The coup leaders dissolved the 2-house legislature and declared 'nonexistent' a constitution Bosch had signed in July...Leaders of 6 rightist political parties were called to the presidential palace after the coup and were asked to help form a provisional government" (page 17).
Dominican crisis 1965 1971: "The civilian ruling triumvirate headed by Donald Joseph Reid Cabral was overthrown Apr. 24, 1965 in an armed 'coup d'etat' by army rebels seeking to re-install exiled ex-Pres.
Dominican crisis 1965 1971: "Despite the evacuations of U.S. civilians, it became apparent soon that a major U.S. motive for intervention was fear of 'another Cuba;' the U.S. charged that the pro-Bosch forces were controlled by Communist elements.
sshl.ucsd.edu /collections/las/dominicanrepublic/1963.html   (5054 words)

  
 Background Notes Archive - Western Hemisphere
HISTORY The island of Hispaniola, of which the Dominican Republic forms the eastern two-thirds and Haiti the remainder, was originally occupied by members of the Taino tribe, a branch of Arawak-speaking people who may have originated in South America.
The outlook for the Dominican economy depends largely on two factors: the government's ability to maintain policies conducive to continued macroeconomic stability and society's ability to adapt to the requirements of an increasingly competitive global marketplace.
The Dominican Republic supported efforts by the United States to implement UN Security Resolution 940, designed to facilitate the departure of Haiti's de facto authorities from power.
dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/wha/dominican9411.html   (2611 words)

  
 Statement of solidarity from the Dominican community with the people of Haiti.
We are greatly concerned by the irresponsible and despotic manner that past and present government administrations have continued to engage in the inhuman treatment of Haitian and/or Haitian-Dominican communities in the Dominican Republic.
Dominican officials should also be required to question potential deportees regarding their status.
In particular, the Dominican government should avoid separating nuclear families; allow deportees to collect their personal belongings and to retain their identity documents; provide each deportee with a copy of his or her order of deportation; and give Haitian authorities advance notice of repatriations.
www.iacenter.org /Haitifiles/dominican_haiti.htm   (2007 words)

  
 Dominican Republic
Dominican immigration authorities may restrict the ability of children to depart the country with only a birth certificate, especially when those children are American citizens of Dominican heritage.
The specific guidelines on the Dominican regulations governing the travel of children in the Dominican Republic can be found (in Spanish) at http://www.migracion.gov.do.
Dominican law requires that a driver be taken into custody for driving under the influence or being involved in an accident that causes serious injury or death, even if the driver is insured and appears not to have been at fault.
travel.state.gov /travel/dominican_republic.html   (4699 words)

  
 About Dominican Republic - Travel, Maps, Flag and Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Dominican Republic, (Spanish: República Dominicana) is a country located on the eastern two-thirds of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, bordering Haiti.
Dominicans sometimes refer to their country as Quisqueya, a name for Hispaniola used by the native Taíno Indians.
The Dominican Republic's culture is said to have European, African and Native American roots.
www.canadiancontent.net /profiles/Dominican-Republic.html   (797 words)

  
 Dominican Republic: Open letter from Amnesty International to the President of the Dominican Republic
This practice of collective expulsions means that Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent in the Dominican Republic live in the continual fear of being expelled, without an effective opportunity to challenge the decision to expel, and in conditions that are abusive of their fundamental human rights.
The Court found that the denial of Dominican nationality to the two girls, who are of Haitian descent, born on Dominican territory and have lived there all their lives, is in contravention of the American Convention on Human Rights and the Dominican Republic’s Constitution.
Article 11 of the Dominican Constitution confers Dominican nationality on all those who are born within the country’s territory, with the exception of children of foreign diplomats and of foreign individuals "in transit".
www.amnestyusa.org /news/document.do?id=ENGAMR270012006   (3181 words)

  
 Dominican Republic Earthquake - 22 September 2003
Lockhart, and O. Franco, scientists from the Dominican Republic's Colegio Dominicano de Ingenieros, Arquitectos y Agrimensores (CODIA) invited U.S. geoscientists to install seismographs and resurvey GPS benchmarks in the northern area of the island affected by the earthquake.
These stations will be installed in the Dominican Republic for at least 3 months although the group is now applying to the US National Science Foundation to extend their recording period and to fund analysis of these new data.
Santiago" ("Report of the evaluation of the damage caused by the earthquake of 22 September 2003 to the business and conventions center of the Caribbean.
www.ig.utexas.edu /outreach/dr_earthquake   (1023 words)

  
 Santiago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Santiago was the second city in the country and is located in the middle of the Cibao valley, the center of the tobacco and rum industry.
Santiago, center for one of the most important duty free zones in the country, offers an intense night life thanks to its excellent nightclubs, discos, restaurants, hotels and the hospitality and courtesy of its residents, which assure visitors a gratifying stay in this city of tradition.
Santiago is a cradle for rural merengue, which is danced to the pulse of instruments such as the "güira", the drums and the accordion and played by "Pericos Ripiao" groups.
www.dominicanrepublic.com /thecountry/provinces/santiago.shtml   (383 words)

  
 Dominican Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Marino was raised in the countryside in the Azua province in Los Torros.
His father was taken away from their home by the last dictator of the Dominican Republic, Trujillo and he was never seen again, most likely having been tortured and killed for his political views.
Maxima is married with two children and is the director of the seminary for the Missionary Church in the Dominican Republic.
www.ason.org /dr.htm   (1580 words)

  
 SSHL: Latin American Election Statistics: Dominican Republic : Elections and events 1850-1869   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Schoenrich 1918: "From the earliest days of the Dominican Republic the most prominent men had believed that the happiness of the country depended upon securing the protection of a strong power, capable of preserving order, and the years of warfare confirmed them in their opinion" (page 54).
The authority of the National Convention of Santiago was local in its character, and to it neither the inhabitants of the eastern or southern provinces, nor those of the capital, were responsive.
"In the Dominican Republic there was a strong party of opposition to any plan of annexation to the United States, and this party was vigorously led by General Luperón and by former President Cabral, who, from motives of prudence, directed their campaigns against President Baez from points of vantage outside the Dominican Republic" (page 391).
dodgson.ucsd.edu /las/dominican/1850dom.htm   (5738 words)

  
 Dominican Republic: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
The Dominican Republic in the West Indies occupies the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with Haiti.
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.
Postnational pressures: Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107475.html   (911 words)

  
 Primary School Education - Dominican Foundation
The Dominican Foundation and IDDI are dedicated to improving access to primary school education and literacy in the rural communities of the Dominican Republic.
According to the study "Focalización de la Pobreza en la República Dominicana" or "Poverty in Focus in the Dominican Republic," (ONAPLAN, July 2003), the province of San Pedro de Macorís, 59.5% of the houses are in poverty conditions.
The Dominican Foundation and IDDI's goal is to improving the educational attention for children between the ages 3 to 5 years of the poor rural communities of Mata Santiago de Mena, Sierra del Agua, Comatillo and Platanal, in the Bayaguana municipal, Monte Plata province.
www.dominicanfoundation.com /primary_school_education.asp   (1216 words)

  
 Stop Persecution of Haitian Workers in the Dominican Republic!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In justifying Trujillo’s 1937 slaughter of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian ancestry, Balaguer declared: “The problem of race is, by consequence, the principal problem of the Dominican Republic....
Although Article 11 of the Dominican constitution recognizes “all persons born in the territory of the Dominican Republic” as citizens, there is a loophole.
There is no basis for a democratic capitalist Haiti or Dominican Republic – the bourgeois rulers are too weak to remain in power without the aid of military juntas, death squads and imperialist troops (with a plane stashed at the hacienda for a quick getaway).
www.internationalist.org /haitiandominicanpersecution0601.html   (3378 words)

  
 Dominican Republic News, Dominican Republic Weather and Links: QuickNews
These are notably Azua, to the west of San Domingo City, and various small ports to the eastward, in the undeveloped but rich province of Seybo, the southern half of which is one extended plain, diversified by fine rivers, some of which are navigable fro a short distance from the mouth.
It is, I understand, the intention of the company to have a similar mill at Azua, which is the centre of the sugar-producing region of the south.
West of Santiago there is a long narrow plain--the valley of the Yaqui--which broadens as it approaches the sea.
news.quickfound.net /intl/dominican_republic_news.html   (1551 words)

  
 Dominican Republic - SANTANA AND BAEZ
Duarte assumed the post of governor of the Cibao, the northern farming region administered from the city of Santiago de los Caballeros, commonly known as Santiago.
Santana favored Santiago Espaillat, who won a ballot in the Congress on July 5, 1849; Espaillat declined to accept the presidency, however, knowing that he would have to serve as a puppet so long as Santana controlled the army.
Shortly after the Haitian campaign, the Dominican and the United States governments signed a commercial treaty that provided for the lease of a small tract in Samaná for use as a coaling station.
countrystudies.us /dominican-republic/5.htm   (1456 words)

  
 Dominican Republic information - CENTURY 21 Juan Perdomo
The Dominican Republic spans an area of 48 679 km2 and occupies two thirds of the island known as Hispaniola.
The Dominican Republic is the main tourist destination in the Caribbean with more than 60000 hotel rooms and over 3 million tourists during the year 2003.
On the north coast of the Dominican Republic you find the province capital Puerto Plata and the small, pulsating cities, Sosua and Cabarete.
www.juanperdomo.com /eng/country.htm   (401 words)

  
 Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a representative constitutional democracy with a population of approximately 8.8 million, including an estimated 650 thousand undocumented Haitians.
Despite this prohibition, government-employed physicians of the Dominican Medical Association went on strike repeatedly throughout 2004 and during the first half of the year for periods ranging from one day to one week, insisting on salary increases and improvements in resources for government-run hospitals.
There was evidence that poor Haitian and Dominican adolescents accompanied their parents to work in sugarcane fields, with the tacit approval of sugar companies.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61725.htm   (9990 words)

  
 Dominican Republic: Government Information - President - Congress - Senate - Judiciary
The Dominican Republic Currently enjoys a fairly new constitution, which was ratified in 1994 and changed again during the tenure of the last President (2000- 2004), and a stable democratic process that has been in place for that last thirty years.
The members of the Chamber of Deputies are also elected to a four year term, and are elected based upon their representation of the population at large.
Dominican Republic Page.com No paid advertising is accepted on this site.
www.dominicanrepublicpage.com /Government_Information.html   (634 words)

  
 Dominican Republic
The Dominican Human Rights Committee received multiple complaints of torture from detainees at the Department of Theft at police headquarters in Santo Domingo, as well as from prisons in Mao, Barahona, Azua, and Santiago.
The main opposition party was the Dominican Liberation Party, which held 1 of 32 seats in the upper house and 42 of 150 seats in the lower house.
A number of women brought from the Dominican Republic to work in Argentina in the mid- to late-1990s were coerced into prostitution, and an investigation encompassing nearly a dozen such women continued.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27895.htm   (13007 words)

  
 Dominican Republic - The Infant Republic
Duarte assumed the post of governor of the Cibao, the northern farming region administered from the city of Santiago de los Caballeros, commonly known as Santiago (see fig.
However, Dominican forces decisively defeated the Haitians in a number of engagements and forced them back across the border by January 1856.
Thus deprived of the Dominican rulers' traditional source of power, his government all but invited the return of Báez.
www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-3785.html   (1401 words)

  
 Dominican Republic - Cities and Towns
The Dominican Republic is divided into twenty-nine provinces or regions, and the National District ~ which is in effect the thirtieth province.
While the province is land locked, it does boast two small mountain ranges, and the beautiful Los Haitises National Park.
In addition, the province capital Santiago de los Caballeros is often called the Dominican Republic's second city.
www.thedominicanrepublic.net /CitiesandTowns.htm   (1248 words)

  
 Eliminating Child Labour - Research on child labour
The ECLT Foundation commissioned the International Labour Organisation and its Programme on the Elimination of Child labour (ILO/IPEC) to research on the extent of child labour used in tobacco-growing in the Dominican Republic.
The main consequence for children involved in tobacco-growing is their poor performance and low attendance at schools: twice as many children repeat classes in Santiago province compared to the national average.
The research also suggests that labour inspections and monitoring need to be developed by the Dominican Institute of Tobacco (Intabaco) and UN organisations.
www.eclt.org /activities/research/dominican_republic.html   (228 words)

  
 Santiago (Dominican Republic) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Santiago (Dominican Republic) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
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 Dominican Republic - Amnesty International
Dominican Republic: Human rights violations in the context of the economic crisis
The Dominican Liberation Party’s candidate Leonel Fernández Reyna won the presidential elections in May and took office in August.
Shortly after, he initiated a major purge of the police force and police presence on the streets was increased.
web.amnesty.org /report2005/dom-summary-eng   (525 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Dominican Republic - Gazetteer
• Dajabon, Dominican Republic (province) (Monte Cristi prov.)
• Rincon, Lake, Dominican Republic (lake) (Barahona prov.)
• Sosua, Dominican Republic (village) (Puerto Plata prov.)
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