Leonel Fernández Essays

  • Corruption: President Of The Dominican Republic

    1685 Words  | 4 Pages

    neglecting the countries problems. It is believed that Leonel Fernandez is at the center of all of the

  • Creative Writing: Feudal Japan

    703 Words  | 2 Pages

    Feudal Japan, 1233 A.D I still remember the look on my mother’s face, as I was pulled out of her tight grasp. I cried like never before, as I was being taken into the carriage. The guards had an accent like the men from the east. Wearing grey clothing with helmets that had antlers. They had horses which I had never seen before, black with silky hair like the finest silk that the lord's wore. Consequently I was terrified of what was going to happen next, there was a man whom I commanded to let go

  • Pedro Santana

    1838 Words  | 4 Pages

    the Haitian rule, Pedro Santana, one of the leaders in the revolution, became the first president of the Dominican Republic. On November 15, 1899, Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra was installed as president of the Dominican Republic for the first time, and he served until May 2, 1902, and during this administration he was responsible for jailing Fabio Fiallo, for publishing a subversive anti-government newspaper ‘the Free Flag’ which “eschewed foreign firms’ advertising as a revenue source.” Despite

  • Dominican Republic

    2169 Words  | 5 Pages

    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