Full Coverage: Dominican Republic

21.03.2008 Although Sorybel struggled to open a small coffee shop in the Dominican Republic, her marketing studies at a local university and a microfinance loan have empowered her to state with confidence, "I know I will do great things someday."

02.11.2007 As natural disasters ravish the Caribbean and Central Africa, the United Nations has announced the launch of a new office that will use space technology to reduce and prevent disasters around the world.

24.08.2007 On August 23, 1791 the slaves of Santo Domingo (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic) began their historic revolt, sparking the gradual process that resulted in the international elimination of slavery and the slave trade.

07.09.2006 Dominican Republic women who migrated abroad to earn more money were empowered by their new roles as household breadwinners and decision-makers but were still expected to conform to traditional gender roles, according to a study released today by the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW).

15.02.2006 Twenty-five Haitian immigrants died from suffocation while travelling illegally with 45 others in a crowded van from Haiti to Santiago, the second largest city in the Dominican Republic.

04.08.2005 At 12:03 am on July 28th, the House of Representatives approved the Central America-Dominican Republic-United States Free Trade Agreement, CAFTA. CAFTA, which would expand NAFTA to Central America and the Dominican Republic, would devastate farmers, privatize essential public services, and accelerate the race to the bottom on wages in the US and all over Central America.

01.08.2005 After months of White House lobbying, the Central American Free Trade Agreement, which Oxfam says will "institutionalize an uneven playing field," was passed in Congress late last week. Although a disappointment to many in the NGO community, many organizations note that the close vote, 217-215, indicates a growing concern for unfair trade agreements.

27.07.2005 International agency Oxfam called on US Members of Congress today to reject the Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Central American countries and the Dominican Republic (DR-CAFTA.) Oxfam believes that the agreement, in its current form, will do more harm than good and will endanger the livelihood of many thousands of small farmers who already live in poverty.

12.07.2005 Approaching a Congressional vote, CAFTA--the trade agreement between the U.S. and Central America--will repeat NAFTA's failures, says Moving Ideas. Similar to its sister policy, CAFTA will expand corporate power, displace family farmers, privatize public services, and undermine workers' rights, the environment, and public health, they argue.

12.07.2005 Barley passing the Senate--with the closest margin in history for a free trade agreement--CAFTA is approaching a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. It has the potential to ruin family farmers in the U.S. and devastate millions in Central America, says Oxfam America, asking citizens to write Congress and tell them that trade deals should help, not harm, working people.

09.07.2005 More than a year after signing, President Bush finally sent the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) to the U.S. Congress for vote. On June 30, the Senate approved the agreement by a 54-45 vote.

25.05.2005 Following the murder of a Dominican couple earlier this month--allegedly committed by three Haitian men--thousands of Haitian migrants have been thrown out of the country. As Dominican stereotypes often attribute darker skin tones to Haitians, hundreds of people have been repatriated based on skin tone, without verification of their legal status.

13.04.2005 U.S. policymakers will vote on the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) in the next week. Food First is staging a national call-in day against CAFTA on April 13, to prevent the marginalisation of small farmers in Central America and the United States, and urges you to join in.

12.04.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Apr 11 (OneWorld) - Rich countries' demands that poorer nations open their markets to foreign rice and other farm imports could destroy the livelihoods of millions of poor farmers, international charity Oxfam warned on Monday.

16.12.2004 In this article, Maren Landschulze presents the outcome of the information needs assessment of a computer project in a rural setting in the Dominican Republic. It is pointed out that instead of merely providing expert knowledge to farmers, such projects should be able to facilitate two-way communication between the knowledge gatekeepers and the beneficiaries via internet and other ICT tools.

17.11.2004 Already poor rice farmers would likely be destroyed by the free trade agreement expected to be considered by the U.S. congress in coming months, says a new report from an international humanitarian aid group working in the region. A similar deal almost wiped out the entire industry in Honduras while actually raising prices for consumers. "It was like Hurricane Mitch," one farmer said.

18.08.2004 Le match de gala prévu pour ce 18 aout entre le Brésil et Haïti soulève beaucoup de passion et d'enthousiasme au niveau des dominicains et des Haïtiens résidant à Santo Domingo.

12.07.2004 Le Service Jésuite aux Réfugiés (SJR) vient de mettre en circulation le livre intitulé « Droits fondamentaux des réfugiés en République Dominicaine », écrit par Giselda Liberato, Cadre du SJR. L'ouvrage est un guide didactique qui a pour objectif de mettre à la disposition des réfugiés en République Dominicaine un instrument légal et de consultation.

14.06.2004 La violence pourrait s'étendre à une grande partie du pays, en raison de la détérioration du service d'électricité et de l'augmentation effrenée du coût de la vie, estiment des dirigeants sociaux consultés par le correspondant d'Alterpresse dans la capital dominicaine.

04.06.2004 From Villa Riva in the Dominican Republic to Mapou in Haiti, NGO aid workers are busy constructing shelters and latrines, distributing food and medical supplies, purifying water and providing trauma-survival services to thousands of people displaced by the recent floods and mudslides.