Full Coverage: Dominican Republic
03/21/2008
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."
Read moreFrom: ACCION International |
02/27/2008
Kansalaisjärjestö arvioi heikolla palkalla ja vaarallisissa töissä Dominikaanisen tasavallan konepajoilla työskentelevien alaikäisten lukumääräksi 60 000.
Read moreFrom: UnMundo América Latina Related: [Children] Image: © SASK/Kent Wilska
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11/02/2007
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.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Congo] [Democratic Republic of the Congo] [Haiti] Image: The world pictured from outer space. © Michael Klare / MediaChannel
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08/24/2007
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.
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Education Associates Related: [Haiti] |
04/25/2007
Con mucha "fe y alegría" celebramos la inauguración de nuestro liceo Espíritu Santo Fe y Alegría. Todo comenzó en septiembre cuando 72 alumnos que habían sido promovidos a 1ro. de secundaria se apretujaban en un espacio prestado de la escuela básica...
Read moreFrom: FE Y ALEGRÍA Related: [Children] [Education] [Volunteering] |
04/19/2007
Actos de intimidacion contra Sonia Pierre constituyen señales de una intolerancia y de una denegación de integración de la comunidad de ascendencia haitiana, expresan las organizaciones de defensa de derechos humanos a las conferencias episcopales catolicas romanas, haitiana y dominicana, reunidas en Puerto Principe del 15 al 17 de abril de 2007.
Read moreFrom: Groupe Medialternatif Related: [Haiti] [Migration] [Social Exclusion] [Human Rights] |
03/29/2007
A partir del 2007, CINERGIA incluirá en su convocatoria a República Dominicana, país que se convierte en el noveno que puede acceder a las ayudas del Fondo de fomento al audiovisual de Centroamérica y el Caribe.
Read moreFrom: Cinergia, Fondo de Fomento al Audiovisual de Centroamérica y Cuba Related: [Information & Media] [Communication] [Culture] |
03/19/2007
“Lo que estamos haciendo hoy, construyendo un mercado, es importante en sí, pero a mi me interesa mucho más como paso concreto y práctico hacia una nueva relación entre las dos naciones de esta isla de Quisqueya”, alegó el embajador de la Comisión Europea en nuestro país.
Read moreFrom: Groupe Medialternatif Related: [Haiti] [Development] [International Cooperation] [Trade] |
02/22/2007
Los representantes de ambos grupos abordaron diversos temas de interés común, entre ellos, la situación general en Haití y en República Dominicana, el contexto mediático en ambos países y los esfuerzos a desplegar para favorecer un flujo cada vez más importante de informaciones alternativas
Read moreFrom: Groupe Medialternatif Related: [Haiti] [Information & Media] [Communication] |
11/28/2006
La segunda edición del festival musical internacional llamado “Voz y percusiones”, que se realizo del 17 al 24 de noviembre del 2006 en el local del Instituto Francés de Haití, ha reunido en Puerto Príncipe, la Capital haitiana, a varios músicos, grupos musicales y cantautores haitianos y de otras nacionalidades : dominicana, cubana, alemana, suiza, francesa y española
Read moreFrom: Groupe Medialternatif Related: [Haiti] [Population] [Culture] |
09/07/2006
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).
Read moreRelated: [Migration] [Social Exclusion] [Gender] |
05/02/2006
El Comité de Refugiados y Solicitantes de Refugio Unidos informa que todavía no ha recibido ninguna respuesta de parte del gobierno dominicano, con respecto a los reclamos de dotar de documentos a los refugiados políticos y sus descendientes.
Read moreFrom: ADITAL, Agencia de Información Fray Tito para América Latina Related: [Social Exclusion] [Civil Rights] |
02/15/2006
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.
Read moreFrom: Progressio Related: [Haiti] [Human Rights] |
08/06/2005
Un ambiente de tensión es lo que se ha vuelto a vivir en la frontera norte que comparten Haití y la República Dominicana, luego de que ayer enardecidos dominicanos incendiaran viviendas propiedad de haitianos y las autoridades de migración y las Fuerzas Armadas repatriaran a decenas de haitianos ante el temor que se pueda volver a producir una situación similar a la de Hatillo Palma.
Read moreFrom: Groupe Medialternatif Related: [Haiti] [Migration] |
08/05/2005
Para algunos la aprobación del Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Centroamérica y República Dominicana (TLC-RD) con Estados Unidos es lo mejor con que se puede comenzar el siglo, mientras que para otros no. Pero lo que será inevitable es que Costa Rica pague $116 millones de un préstamo por la denominada "agenda complementaria" de ese tratado como una transición hacia el comienzo del mismo.
Read moreFrom: Semanario Universidad Related: [Central America] [Costa Rica] [United States] [Development] [Trade] Image: Tigre suelto contra burro amarrado. Caricatura contra el TLC © Semanario Universidad
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08/05/2005
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.
Read moreFrom: Agencia Latinoamericana de Información Related: [Central America] [United States] [Development] [Trade] Image: U.S. President Bush © Greenpeace
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08/01/2005
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.
Read moreFrom: Oxfam America Related: [Central America] [United States] [Trade] [Politics] |
07/28/2005
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.
Read moreFrom: Oxfam America Related: [Central America] [United States] [Development] [Trade] Image: Protest in Washington: “Global Solidarity, Not Plunder. Resist CAFTA.” © Independent Media Center
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07/12/2005
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.
Read moreFrom: Moving Ideas Network Related: [United States] [Central America] [International Cooperation] [Trade] [Politics] [Geopolitics] Image: © Moving Ideas Network
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07/12/2005
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.
Read moreFrom: Oxfam America Related: [United States] [Central America] [Trade] [Geopolitics] Image: Protest in Washington: “Global Solidarity, Not Plunder. Resist CAFTA.” © Independent Media Center
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