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Dominican Republic Social Issues

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Section 1: Dominican Republic Overview Geographic Description The Dominican Republic is a beautiful island located on a larger piece of land called Hispaniola. The tropical land takes up two-thirds of Hispaniola which equals out to be roughly 19,000 square miles, while its sister island, Haiti, takes up the rest. According to an article by world atlas, there are four significant mountain ranges. Lesser ranges cover the northern coastlines, and the southwestern border areas with Haiti (World Atlas). The Dominican Republic lies between the Caribbean and Atlantic Oceans having a population of about 10 million people. The capital Santo Domingo, which is located on the southern part of the island, accounts for 2.3 million of the population. The …show more content…

“According to the most recent of the annual country reports released by the U.S. State Department, “child prostitution and other abuses of children, trafficking in persons are among the criminal and social problems occurring in the Dominican Republic” (Caribbean Events). Prostitution in the Dominican is legal, however child prostitution is illegal as it should be. The same article also states that “The Dominican Republic’s proximity to the United States and Europe, and its inexpensive travel packages, have made it a favored spot for sex tourism” (Caribbean Events). Violence with young children has also been a problem in the Dominican Republic. “Dominican youngsters from poor backgrounds are increasingly drawn into a life of crime. Violent crime has rocketed in the country over the past ten years as drug trafficking gangs have become more active” (SOS Children’s …show more content…

It is easy and cheap for foreigners to participate in sex tourism. Another huge one is sand, sun, and sea tourism, or otherwise known as the 3S tourism. The Dominican Republic is on an island with endless sea views, beautiful white sand beaches, and warm tropical sun. The Dominican Republic is one of the most visited places in the world because of this. Another tourism category it can fall under is agricultural tourism. The capital of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, is an old town with tons of history and stories behind it. Major Attractions in the Dominican

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America‘s use of foreign policy was associated with the modernization of the Dominican Republic for the benefit of the United States’ government. The United States used different types of modernization strategies to deal with the Dominican Republic. Throughout the years of the occupation, the Dominican Republic began to have certain features of American standards of living, such as the growth of the middle class, renovations of frameworks, and the development of the bureaucracy (Castor and Garafola 269). The United States’ demands were able to modernize the Dominican Republic. They were trying to dictate certain types of policies that were throughout the Dominican government.

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“Slavery In The Dominican Republic and How It Affected the Natives Racial Identity” By definition the Dominican Republic is a Caribbean Hispaniola Island that is shared with Haiti to the West. The Dominican Republic today is a major tourist destination and has become a major source of sugar, coffee, and other exports. But the Dominican Republic had to suffer a lot in order to prevail the way they did, undergoing being enslaved by the Spaniards while on the other side of the island the Haitians were enslaved by the french hence the obvious difference in languages and cultures. The main difference is that the Dominican Republic lost their racial identity and until the present day are unaware of their true racial identity. Slavery affects every country and person differently but in the Dominican Republic, slavery took away the nation’s identity.

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God, Fatherland, Freedom, Dominican Republic is a country on the island of Hispaniola, in the archipelago in the Caribbean region, making it as the second largest Caribbean nation after, Cuba. Being blessed with such a beautiful and bountiful diversity, tourism plays a big role when it comes to their business. Known for the warm and hospitable people, Dominican Republic is

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The Dominican Republic is divided culturally between the French Haitians and the Spanish Dominicans, which started in the colonial times and continues thereafter. The racism became more intensified under the regime of Rafael Trujillo in 1930. Due to Trujillo’s racism against Haitians, he made it so any person who is Haitian in the Dominican Republic from 1929 and forward has no nationality in the Dominican. He did this by taking their birth papers and considering them to be “in transit”, this means they have just traveled to the Dominican Republic for work. He also enforced the border dispute, by not allowing anyone without birth papers to pass the border; Haitians could only stay on one side of the island.

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