Introduction Columbus explored Dominican Republic on his first voyage in 1492. He named it La Española, and his son, Diego, was its first viceroy. The capital, Santo Domingo, founded in 1496, is the oldest European settlement in the Western Hemisphere. In 1821 Spanish rule was overthrown, but in 1822 the Haitians reconquered the colony. In 1844 the Haitians were thrown out, and the Dominican Republic was established, headed by Pedro Santana. Haitian attacks led Santana to make the country a province
THE CULTURE OF THE DOMINICANS 2 . Culture is the thoughts, communications, actions, beliefs, values, and institutions racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups (Jarvis, 2012, p 14). Every culture has its own view/ understanding about health care, health and illnesses. Although what might be seen as acceptable in one culture, may not be acceptable in another, regardless of where you are health care and culture will always exist. My definition
The Dominican Republic and Haiti Imagine yourself as a businessperson on a trip to the island of Hispaniola to check on how production is faring. You land in Santo Domingo to transfer to a short commuter flight to Port-au-Prince. During the flight, you gaze outside your window to admire the breathtaking view of the Sierra de Baoruco, with its luscious forests. As the plane approaches the Haiti-Dominican Republic border, you notice that the land has been completely denuded of trees directly
Belonging to the Dominican Republic, Salcedo is one of the smallest provinces in all of its country. It is also the province that has been recently dedicated to the Mirabal sisters. Four Dominican women who fought for the freedom of the Dominican republic from the Dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. Patia Mercedes, born on February 27, 1924, was the eldest sister. Bélgica Adela Mirabal, the second sister, was born on February 29, 1925. Minerva Argentina, the third sister, was born on March 12, 1926
Culture of the Dominican Republic The People Dominicans’ ethnicity consists of Taino, Spanish and African. The native people on the island were the Taino. The Taino were hunter and gatherers who lived off the land. Led by Christopher Columbus, the Spanish conquered the island in 1492. The Spanish overtook the Taino forcing them to be their slaves while killing many in the process. The Africans were then later brought to the island as slaves. Certain traits of these ethnic groups are
Dominicans In America The Dominican Republic or also known as La Republica Dominicana is a small island that is 18,816 square miles, located off the coast of Florida. The Dominicans of this land share their island with the Haitians. The island has a subtropical climate, mountains, rolling hills, and fertile river valleys. The economy is mainly dominated by sugar, which still earns much of the country's foreign exchange despite establishment of varied light industries and the development of nickel
of the Dominican Republic was the “discovery” by Christopher Columbus on October 12, 1492. Ernesto Sagas and Orlando Inoa presented the interaction in their book The Dominican People: A Documentary History. The confrontation between these two diametrically opposed cultures proved to be “far from equal; the Amerindians’ Stone Age culture was no match for European military technology. The initial encounter took place on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, part of which is now the Dominican Republic”
Being Dominican is not easy. Born in New York and raised in the Dominican Republic. Like most Dominican will do bachata, merengue or tipico but I prefer to do reggaeton, which is mostly common in Puerto Rico. Being a fan of reggaeton make me feel sexual because most reggaeton is about love and slow with a nice passionate beat. Reggaeton is in Spanish lyrics and known in the Caribbean/Latino community even though it was segregated with Jamaican music rhythm with reggae in English lyrics then it became
History of the Dominican Republic For at least 5,000 years before Christopher Columbus "discovered" America for the Europeans the island, which he called Hispaniola, was inhabited by Amer-Indians. Anthropologists have traced 2 major waves of immigration, one from the West in Central America (probably Yucatan) and the second from the South, descendant of the Arawakan Indian tribes in Amazonia and passing through the Orinocco valley in Venezuela. It is from this second source that the ancestors
The Haitian Relationship With the Dominican Republic The Haitian revolution had tremendous repercussions in the social, political and economic arenas of the world, but especially for the relationship with the neighboring nation of the Dominican Republic. In order to understand the development of the Dominican-Haitian relationship after the Haitian revolution one must examine how the two colonies of Hispanola dealt with each other before it. Throughout history there has been constant stress between
issue between Dominicans and Haitians before your departure. As of October 2013, The Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic has ruled that anyone born after 1929 will be denied Dominican nationality permitting they do not have at least one parent of Dominican blood due to a constitutional clause that declares all others to be in the country illegally. With this being said, Dominican relations with Haiti, a neighboring country responsible for providing the most immigrants to the Dominican Republic, has
Baseball in the Dominican Republic Baseball was first brought over to the Dominican Republic in the 1870's, when thousands of Cubans came fleeing to the island nation in refuge from the Ten Years' War. Along with baseball, Cubans also brought with sugar producing expertise that had made them the largest sugar producer in the Caribbean. Sugar immediately became the Dominican Republic's key money-making export, but baseball took a little longer to come around. At the turn of the century, many British
Immigrants come to this country for a better life and future. For In the Dominican Republic has many economic factors and it is very difficult for Dominican families to find work to support their families and provide them with the necessary things that they need. Due to this lack of economic resources in many cases is why many Dominicans robbed convenience stores, steal food from farms, ect…. just to feed their families. Many Dominicans have been struggling in their native country and due to this struggle
several ethnic groups. The other ethnic group similar to Afro-Americans is Dominicans. Not only are they both minorities, but they also look similar as well. Both Dominicans and Afro-Americans are originally from Africa, but their slave masters separated them into two different cultures. African-Americans was African slaves of Americans, and Dominicans were African slaves of the Spanish. Hevesi of the New York Times says, "Dominican and Afro-Americans culture was formed from one ethnicity, Africans" (Hevesi
Why the Dominican Republic? The Dominican Republic is a nation located in the Caribbean Sea and shares the land with Haiti, and the whole island is called Hispaniola as it was named when Christopher Columbus discovered it during his first voyage in the year 1492. The country has proved to be one of the leading Caribbean countries with accessible healthcare to its citizens and even expats. However, the country has a multinational population with low-to-medium incomes and multi-level access to healthcare
because of the earthquake they had. The Dominican Republic is one of those countries that has its ups and downs but is willing to help. The Dominican Republic’s economy has been through it’s ups and downs, but right now it is stable. The families of the Dominican Republic have struggled through this time, but most of them are on their feet. While the others, are still struggling with large families and poverty. Over the last two years, the share of Dominicans living in poverty has also substantially
facilitating Dominican migration to United States has been the 1965 Family Reunification Act, which has allowed many Dominicans to enter the United States through strong family networks, making these distinct elements of the Dominican male immigration context from the beginning. Interestingly, the Dominican community is considered a transnational community, where member maintain strong ties to the Dominican Republic and the United States, Rodriguez
The Dominican Republic was first discovered in the year of 1492 by none other than Christopher Columbus. When Christopher Columbus first sighted what is today known as the Dominican Republic, he told Spain that he found a land that was the “fairest under the sun.” The Dominican Republic is located in between the chain of Caribbean islands of Cuba and Puerto Rico. The island has very favorable climate and gentle winds. With its good mineral wealth, the Dominican Republic was preferred as the early
up" are a few of the Spanish phrases used in the Dominican culture dialect. All the members of my family were born in the Dominican Republic, a small island in the center of the Caribbean Ocean which shares its borders with Haiti and to its sides stand Puerto Rico and Cuba. The first person of my family that started the voyage to the U.S. was my father. At the time, my father came to the U.S. it was the late 80's, and the Dominicanos (Dominicans) in the island who got the privilege to get a visa;
1.1 Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is located in the sunny Caribbean and part of the northern and western hemisphere. With a total land area of 48,730 km2, Dominican Republic resides on the island of Hispaniola, bordered by Haiti to the West, Atlantic Ocean to the north and East, and the Caribbean Sea to the South. Michael Grosberg, a writer of the lonelyplanet, describes D. R, as a country blessed with one of the Caribbean’s most diverse landscapes, stunning mountain scenery, desert