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The chart states the DR charges 10% on US imports and will have a 10% reciprocal tariff. I thought the VAT is 18% currently. Please correct me.

Our buddy Jamie on YouTube did a segment with Sergio Carlo on Barrick Gold and the issues around the expansion of the mine. They actually visited and spoke with people.

A little garbage story. A niece (from wife's family) is in charge of garbage collection in SFM and I spent a day with her on my recent trip. She is in charge of 400 employees under the environmental commission or something like that. She is on the phone most of the day coordinating her...

This is all about clicks, likes and subscriptions. I watch his stuff and much of it is to get attention which is smart. I doubt whether he cares too much about what the DR1 crowd thinks but I guess the attention helps.

I hope they do well.

I saw your post about them awhile back and sent a few emails them. We have had some interaction on social media. They are building a brand the right way it appears. I haven't tried their chocolate yet.

The reason the DR produces such a large amount of the world's organic certified cacao includes a number of factors. The vast majority of cacao in the DR is grown under shade canopies and little inputs are needed like fertilizers because the canopy and remaining pods become compost material...

No more motorcycle unless it's jumping on a Moto concho for the shorter rides. Yes the 60% number is generally accepted from multiple sources. https://www.makeminefine.com/cocoa-sustainability/dominican-republic-republica-dominicana/ They are quoting 70%, this is the Fine Chocolate Industry...

For anyone interested, I was invited to speak on Pod Save Chocolate today with Clay Gordon form thechocolatelife.com. We spent a little over an hour taking about my current almost 7 week trip here to the DR updating my understanding of cacao and chocolate in the DR. It is episode 93 if you go...

Grande sometimes has problems with the facts. Oh well.

Parents have a lot to say about this. Are the parents illiterate?

Didn't the US remove Aristide twice. Once they landed helicopters on the from lawn of the presidential palace, kidnapped him and eventually sent him to Central African Republic. He called for an increase in the minimum wage and the powers to be said no way. I think they were still make...

They like to overcrowd classes in NYC and it's easy to fall into the trap on not doing homework and not showing you care too much about school. It's endemic in the kids born in NYC. The high functioning kids find their way and are more often in the screened schools (yes you heard me right...

That is why many of the bilingual programs have been eliminated in the US. If you are well off it’s called duel language and that’s okay. Research shows if core subject classes (math, science and social studies) are taught in their native languages, they usually test out after 3 years. English...

NYC has more or less created another private school type environment with charter schools. They screen and the few difficult kids to teach are pushed back into the public, public schools.

The government recently formed COBA to deal with noise complaints. My nephew was appointed director in SFM and tells me it is not an easy job. There is someone on the North Coast you is head of COBA, try to find out how to contact them. They will confiscate speakers is they have to return...

Boy this post really got off topic let alone not DR related. Gave all the MAGA's a chance to sound off.

Don't take grande's bait. He never plays nice.

Maybe Puerto Rico will actually pay for the energy they consume. What is the percentage paid in the DR. It used to be 40% in the late 90's. 40% stolen and 20% in line loss. Not sure how the privatization of the distribution of electricity to the homes and businesses has impacted this...

I doubt whether you understand me.