Dominican Republic
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Brief History:
Christopher Columbus finds the island in 1492 and names it Hispaniola. Spain establishes a colony at Santo Domingo and later gives it to France. In 1906, a treaty is signed between the U.S. and the Dominican Republic causing the U.S. to take over its customs in exchange for purchasing its debt. Then in 1924, the US leaves and the Dominican Republic establishes a democratically elected constitutional government. Before the government was democratically elected, the leaders of the government were dictators.
MAP OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL REPUBLC
CURRENT LEADER: DANILO MEDINA
CLIMATE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ENJOYS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER WITH AN AVERAGE OF 77 DEGREES
RELIGION: ROMAN CATHOLIC (95%) OTHER (5%)
CURRENCY:
DOMINICAN PESO
PER CAPITA INCOME
$14,900 (U.S. IS $56,300)
PERCENT BELOW POVERTY LINE:
41.1%
LITERACY RATE
(91.8%) Total population (91.2%) Male (92.3%) Female
IMPORTS
PETROLEUM, FOODSTUFFS, COTTON AND FABRIC, CHEMICALS AND PHARMACEUTICALS
EXPORTS
GOLD, SILVER, COCOA, SUGAR, COFFEE, TOBACCO, AND MEATS
ISSUES
1. WATER SUPPLY 2. DEFORESTATION 3. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
SOLUTIONS TO ISSUES
- Low water supply: Volunteers from other countries can go to the Dominican republic to build drinking wells
- Deforestation: Raise awareness about the trees being cut down, and try to stop the the companies from cutting them down. You also plant more trees in places where they have been cut down
- Immigrants: improve security along the borders
FUN FACTS!
- Baseball is the most popular sport in the Dominican Republic
- It is the second largest country in the Caribbean Islands
- The police and military in the Dominican Republic are not allowed to vote
- At 1:00 pm most of the shops are closed for lunch
- The age girls are allowed to get married is 15, and for boys it is 16
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