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Understand Dominican Republic
Amid the citizenship controversy, livable wage issues and endemic corruption, how is the
average Dominican coping?
Taíno chiefdoms, Columbus, pirates, Hispaniola united and divided: how the Dominican
Republic's roller-coaster past shaped the nation.
Merengue to
bachata
beats and salsa to political reggaeton and rap, the soundscape of the
Dominican Republic.
Whether played in the streets or a stadium, baseball is a national obsession.
Poetry and painting thrive, despite or in response to politics; Spanish colonial architecture
abounds.
High mountains, fertile valleys and long coastline provide diversity to the second-largest is-
land in the Caribbean.
