It speaks volumes the many locals that are expressing their country is bad, dangerous, dishonest and criminal.
I still have to discover the beauty of DR (except for nature).
There was an ongoing thread for several years called Dominican Beauty or something similar. Wish I could link you to it, but don't know how. Lots of Dominican Beauty there
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For the most part the Island itself is beautiful, as are the people. It is as Mauricio stated the chaos, corruption, etc... is the huge negative. Arguing with the phone company, cable company, electric company, etc...gets old. Traffic is , well there is no word to describe it. Over time it begins to drain you especially in Santo Domingo. These scandals just bring to light just how corrupt the system is (again DR1 so comment is based on this).
Livng in the beautiful mountains of Jarabacoa is a great way to live apart from the chaos, summer climate, corruption and horrible traffic.I've seen that thread. My children are half Dominican, my wife is, they're beautiful to me, I've friends here , a great church, however that's doesn't have much to do with the beauty of Dominican Republic. There are many kind and great Dominican people, just as there are many kind and great Dutch, American and maybe even French people (jk). Where I don't find beauty is in the way the Dominican society works, the chaos, corruption, summer climate, SD in general, well everybody knows the downsides of DR. What I like here is what I would like anywhere else.
Livng in the beautiful mountains of Jarabacoa is a great way to live apart from the chaos, summer climate, corruption and horrible traffic.
It's like living in the hills of North Jersey knowing NYC is there if we need it.
I think the people here are also different, still some pleasant "campo" in them, although the town has grown immensely.
And the first one is on his way out:
https://www.diariolibre.com/m/notic...ntro-medico-en-el-distrito-nacional-YL7409472
I visit prisoners as a voluntary visitor for the embassy of my country and no one gets to be send to the hospital for a 'cuadro febril'.
Apparently he's in bad shape..... I actually saw an RIP to him on Facebook just now, but nothing in the press so might be wrong.
the results of the appeal were given out late at night yesterday. \
rondon and diaz continue in preventive jail (12 and 9 months respectively).
pittaluga 9 months house arrest.
segura, montas, bautista and gonzalez are out on bail (15 million pesos), cannot leave DR and have to present themselves monthly in procuraduria.
sanchez torres bail of 10 millions and conditions as above.
leonidas de oleo bail of 5 million and conditions as above.
http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2017/07/...mbia-coercion-demas-implicados-caso-odebrecht