Re: Dominicans are Americans?
Actually, with all due respect, you are quite wrong. I live in the DR and have encountered many Dominicans who say that they are Americans -- that the U.S. has no exclusive on the term, and in point of fact, Hispanola was "American" before there was a USA as an independent country. That is why US and Canadian citizens are referred to here as NORTH Americans, or haven't you ever wondered about that? Dominicans are LATIN Americans, but Americans nonetheless. Being part of the Americas does not make one any less Dominican or Canadian or Mexican or Brazilian. Indeed, there is a sound geographical and historical reason behind such institutional names as the Organization of AMERICAN States (OAS), the Inter-AMERICAN Development Bank (IDB) and Pan AMERICAN Health Organization (PAHO, all of which Canada is a founding member, as is the DR, and yes, even Cuba.
Regards, Keith