2025

Dominican-born Firelei Baez recently became the Dominican artist with the record for an auctioned painting. Báez’s Untitled (Colonization in America, Visual History Wall Map, sold for US$1.11 million, more than five times its high estimate of US$200,000 during a Christie’s New York auction. This broke the artist record, set earlier in the day at Phillips, …

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The three Dominican-born contenders for the Miss Universe – Miss Dominican Republic Jennifer Ventura, Miss Latin USA Yamilex Hernandez and Miss Turks and Caicos (Bereinice Dickinson) — failed to make the top 12. The 2025 top 12 were: Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, China, Philippines, Thailand, Malta and Cote D’Ivoire. CBS reported …

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People are talking about a before and after for concerts following the two performances of Puerto Rican Bad Bunny (Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) in Santo Domingo’s Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium on Friday and Saturday, 20 and 21 November 2025. El Dia estimated around 100,000 attended the two concerts. A full stadium on both nights for …

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Legendary Mexican band Los Tigres del Norte is set to perform in the Dominican Republic, bringing their chart-topping norteño sound to the stage at the El Embajador hotel on Monday, 24 November 2025. The celebrated group arrives fresh off a major sweep at the Latin Grammy Awards, where their album, La Lotería, secured the award …

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The Disciplinary Commission of the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) has kicked the Athletic San Cristobal team out of the Dominican Football Federation’s First Division, prohibiting them from completing this year’s competition, and relegating the team to the second-tier Expansion Division for 2026. According to the international federation, the team had violated Article 20 …

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President Luis Abinader formally received the credentials of seven new ambassadors, including the new United States envoy, Leah Francis Campos, in a ceremonial act at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday, 19 November 2025, officially marking the start of their diplomatic missions in the Dominican Republic. The ceremony was held in the Salon de Embajadores (Ambassadors’ …

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A recent analysis by the Atlantic Council strongly asserts that modernizing the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) is a critical, dual-purpose mission for both Washington and Santo Domingo, framing the update as a geopolitical imperative necessary to secure regional stability and economic advantage. The findings emphasize that the current agreement is functionally outdated, …

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The Dominican Republic is grappling with one of the most pressing public health crises of recent decades, with newly released data showing that over 70% of the country’s adult population is now classified as overweight or obese. The alarming figures were presented by the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) at the International Forum on “Public …

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The Penitentiary and Correctional Services Agency (DGSPC) initiated a landmark transfer this Wednesday, 19 November 2025, moving the first inmates from the congested La Victoria National Penitentiary to the new Las Parras Correction and Rehabilitation Center (CCR) in the municipality of San Antonio de Guerra in Santo Domingo province. The first stage of the new …

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Users of the Santo Domingo Metro are experiencing major delays, increased congestion and deficiencies in the service. The lack of adequate maintenance became apparent recently when a nationwide blackout left the Metro without services when its backup power systems failed. Diario Libre reports that the problems continue on certain lines. The Metro is a lifeline …

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