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| Dominican Republic República Dominicana | |
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Motto: "Dios, Patria, Libertad" (Spanish) "God, Homeland, Freedom" | |
Anthem: ¡Quisqueyanos Valientes! | |
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| Capital and largest city | Santo Domingo |
| Official languages | Spanish |
| Ethnic groups | 73.9% Mixed 17.8% White 7.8% Black 3.2% Other |
| Religion | 66.7% Christianity —44.3% Roman Catholic —21.3% Protestant —1.1% Other Christian 29.6% No religion 0.7% Other 2.0% Unspecified |
| Demonym(s) | Dominican Quisqueyan (colloquial) |
| Dominant mode of production | Capitalism |
| Government | Unitary presidential republic under a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie |
• President | Luis Abinader |
• Vice-President | Raquel Peña |
| Legislature | Congress |
| Senate | |
| Chamber of Deputies | |
| Area | |
• Total | 48,671 km² |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 10,694,700 (87th) |
• 2010 census | 9,445,281 |
| GDP (PPP) | 2022 estimate |
• Total | $254.99 billion (65th) |
• Per capita | $23,983 (68th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2022 estimate |
• Total | $109.08 billion (67th) |
• Per capita | $10,259 (94th) |
| Gini (2020) | Positive decrease 39.6 |
| HDI (2021) | Increase 0.767 (80th) |
| Currency | Dominican peso (DOP) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +1-809, +1-829, +1-849 |
| ISO 3166 code | DO |
| Internet TLD | .do |
The Dominican Republic, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, whilst Haiti controls the western section. In the Caribbean it is the second largest country by area after Cuba, and the second largest by population after Haiti.
History[edit | edit source]
20th Century[edit | edit source]
The USA invaded the Dominican Republic four times between 1900 and 1933 and occupied the country for eight years[1] from 1916 to 1924.[2]
Trujillo era (1930–1961)[edit | edit source]
In 1930 Rafael Trujillo seized power, overthrowing president Horacio Vásquez. Trujillo ran a brutal anti-communist regime with support from the United States, where he was both president and ruled through a series of puppet presidents. His regime ended with his assassination in May 1963.[3]
Post-Trujillo[edit | edit source]
Juan Bosch became president democratically in February 1963. He called for land reform and nationalization of certain businesses. The USA removed him from power in a military coup in September. In April 1965, the United States sent 23,000 troops to put down a popular revolt that aimed to return Bosch to power.[4]
Immigration[edit | edit source]
The Dominican Republic deported 154,333 Haitians in 2022 and has built a 118-mile wall on the Haitian border. Children of immigrants born since 1929 are not born as Dominican citizens.[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Vijay Prashad (2008). The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World: 'Havana' (p. 106). [PDF] The New Press. ISBN 9781595583420 [LG]
- ↑ David Vine (2020). The United States of War: 'The Military Opens Doors' (p. 210). Oakland: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520972070 [LG]
- ↑ M. A. Okuneva and K. N. Kurin (1979). The Great Soviet Encyclopedia: 'Dominican Republic; Historical survey'.
- ↑ William Blum (2002). Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower: 'A Concise History of United States Global Interventions, 1945 to the Present' (p. 119). [PDF] Zed Books Ltd. ISBN 9781842772201 [LG]
- ↑ Vladimir Fuentes (2023-01-04). "Human Rights Organizations Warn About the Looming Danger of Apartheid and Ethnic Cleansing in the Dominican Republic" Toward Freedom. Archived from the original on 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2023-01-13.