As I opened my eyes, I couldn’t believe what I saw. My mom, Claribet, with such excitement told me, “Look outside son!” I was seeing the beautiful view of my country, Dominican Republic, as if I was on top of the world. It was my first time being on an airplane, and no words can explain how scared I was to be so high. Finally, we were headed to the United States of America. My father was able to save enough money for us to travel onto what seemed as a new adventure to change our lives for the better…
such a beautiful April. The year was 2012 and my mother wanted to fly to Dominican Republic for the spring break as usual. She bought the flights for April 5th to the 12th. I was thirteen years old, but had a mind and an appearance of an older person. Nobody could 've said I was younger than 16. It had been four summers in New York with my father. It was about time I got out. When I finally arrived in The Dominican Republic, I felt so alive. As you exit the airplane, you could already smell the intense…
the extent of development within the Dominican Republic in relation to economic, social and political development. It shall also examine some of the problems that are preventing further development within the Dominican Republic. 1.1 Location The Dominican Republic is located in the Caribbean, between Cuba and Puerto Rico on the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with Haiti to the west. With an extension of 48,442 square kilometres, the Dominican Republic is the second largest country in the…
Dominican Republic and Haiti: A Comparison of How One Island Has Two Complete Different Ends Dominican Republic and Haiti: A Comparison of How One Island Has Two Complete Different Ends The Hispaniola is a small island in the Caribbean which is currently composed by the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti. These two countries despite sharing an island and historical institutions are completely different. While the Dominican Republic enjoys the beauty of the Caribbean and its weather…
problems? The Dominican Republic is blaming Haitians for their problems. They are blaming them for job loss and food loss. It seems like history is repeating itself. In 1937, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo did an ethnic cleansing and kicked out all the Haitians and dark-skinned Dominicans who did not know how to say the word “perejil.” Once again the Dominican Republic is hiding the cruel reality of a racist act by using excuses. Haitians should not be deported from the Dominican Republic because they are…
Dominican Republic historical stages of democratization To begin with, the main focus for this project is on Dominican Republic transition to its current political system, which is, representative democracy. The Dominican Republic has a fairly new constitution that was enacted in 2010 and it is composed of three different government branches. Similar to the United States, the three branches of government are legislature, execution, and judicial. The president is head of state and government, moreover…
Pastime in the Dominican Republic One hundred and forty years after American-influenced Cubans fled their home island during the Ten Years’ War and brought baseball to the Dominican Republic (D.R.), the sport is thriving in the impoverished nation. In the sport’s top professional league, Major League Baseball (MLB), more current players were born in the Dominican Republic than any other country besides the United States, where 29 of the 30 MLB teams are based (Gregory 2010). The Dominican, a nation…
what that entails, but more so how not everyone is fortunate enough to have some of the bare necessities that I mindlessly assumed everyone in the world had access to. I interviewed Edgardo Cartagena who was raised in the Dominican Republic for the majority of his life and he went to a small private Catholic school and managed to get a good education that prepared him for college here at Ball State University. However, there is a huge disparity between the quality of education between private…
immigrants, especially Dominicans, in America. Diaz’s unique identity and literary voice is a pivotal element of his body of work. In his 2008 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Diaz incorporates his personal history, such as his own Dominican background, into the essential theme of his literary work. In Junot Díaz’s novel, the fundamental theme of identity crisis is forged by Díaz’s utilization of allusions to literature, and inclusion of Dominican Republic history. One element…
Climate—The Most Important Natural Resource? The Dominican Republic is a country that relies heavily on its climate year after year. One of the largest revenue producers in the country is tourism. In order for tourism to flourish and bring that large portion of revenue for the country, a nice predictable tropical climate is a must. Hiccups in the forecasted climate models, such as hurricanes and abnormal amounts of rainfall, cannot only lead to infrastructure devastation but also to the slowing…