Venezuela vs Dominican Republic: 2023 FIBA World Cup
This period is also known as the Ephemeral independence. [75] Haitian occupation of Santo Domingo (1822–44) The newly independent republic ended two months later under the Haitian government led by Jean-Pierre Boyer. [76] As Toussaint Louverture had done two decades earlier, the Haitians abolished slavery. In order to raise funds for the huge indemnity of 150 million francs that Haiti agreed to pay the former French colonists, and which was subsequently lowered to 60 million francs, the Haitian government imposed heavy taxes on the Dominicans.
[186] Languages The population of the Dominican Republic is mostly Spanish-speaking. The local variant of Spanish is called Dominican Spanish, which closely resembles other Spanish vernaculars in the Caribbean and has similarities to Canarian Spanish. In addition, it has influences from African languages and borrowed words from indigenous Caribbean languages particular to the island of Hispaniola. [189][190] Schools are based on a Spanish educational model; English and French are mandatory foreign languages in both private and public schools, [191][failed verification] although the quality of foreign languages teaching is poor.
[276] De la Renta died of complications from cancer on October 20, 2014. National symbols Some of the Dominican Republic's important symbols are the flag, the coat of arms, and the national anthem, titled Himno Nacional. The flag has a large white cross that divides it into four quarters. Two quarters are red and two are blue. Red represents the blood shed by the liberators. Blue expresses God's protection over the nation. The white cross symbolizes the struggle of the liberators to bequeath future generations a free nation. An alternative interpretation is that blue represents the ideals of progress and liberty, whereas white symbolizes peace and unity among Dominicans.
[133] Fernández and the PLD are credited with initiatives that have moved the country forward technologically, on the other hand, his administrations have been accused of corruption. [132] Luis Abinader, the current president of the Dominican Republic since 2020. Danilo Medina of the PLD was elected president in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. On the other hand, a significant increase in crime, government corruption and a weak justice system threaten to overshadow their administrative period. [134][135] He was succeeded by the opposition candidate Luis Abinader in the 2020 election (weeks after protests erupted in the country against Medina's government), marking the end to 16 years in power of the centre-left Dominican Liberation Party (PLD).
21% of the vote, against 46. 95% in favor of Mejía. Candidate Guillermo Moreno obtained 1. 37% of the votes. [146] In 2014, the Modern Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Moderno) was created[147] by a faction of leaders from the PRD, and has since become the predominant opposition party, polling in second place for the May 2016 general elections. [148] In 2020, protests erupted against the PLD's rule. The presidential candidate for the opposition Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Luis Abinader, won the election, defeating the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), which had governed since 2004.
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[277] In the center of the cross is the Dominican coat of arms, in the same colors as the national flag. The coat of arms pictures a red, white, and blue flag-draped shield with a Bible, a gold cross, and arrows; the shield is surrounded by an olive branch (on the left) and a palm branch (on the right).
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