DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Rebecca Márquez and President Luis Abinader / Presidency

On 15 September 2025, the Trump Administration submitted a so-called Presidential Determination to the US Congress, including the Dominican Republic as one of the countries described as “major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries. The statement is made on grounds of section 706(1) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228) (FRAA).

The countries mentioned are: Afghanistan, The Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Burma, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

On the same day of the statement, President Luis Abinader dedicated the first part of his weekly press conference to present...