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Two generals are directing the investigations at a mountain top site to find the whereabouts of three-year old Roldanis Calderón, son of Carolina Vargas Ureña and Efrain Calderon of La Vega province. The prosecutor for children and teenagers of the Public Ministry, Olga Dina is also in charge of investigations. Over the weekend, six houses …

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Interior & Police Minister Faride Raful reported last week that the accumulated homicide rate since January 2025 stands at 7.79 per 100,000 inhabitants. Notably, 18 territories have a homicide rate below ten, with four regions reporting zero homicides. But, the epidemic of tragic traffic accidents continues. March concluded with a grim toll on the nation’s …

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Dominican exporters are being levied a 10% tariff when entering the United States, despite the DR-CAFTA free trade agreement signed with the United States. On Wednesday, 2 April 2025, US President Donald Trump announced the new scheme of tariffs aimed at bolstering manufacturing in the United States. In 2024, the US goods and services trade …

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The US dollar exchange rate experienced a further decline on Wednesday, 2 April 2025 closing at RD$62.68 for buying and RD$63.00 for selling, according to official data from the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic. This rate reflects a 40-point drop from the previous day, continuing a steady downward trend observed throughout the week, El …

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Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez contradicted the president of the Presidential Transition Council of Haiti, Fritz Alphonse Jean who has asked for the continuing of talks with the Dominican Republic, ador when interviewed for El Despertador talk show on Channel 9 on 2 April 2025. Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez says the talks have never stopped and …

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In an interview with El Despertador, the morning talk show on Channel 9, Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez spoke of the “revolving door” for Haitian migration. He described the smuggling of people as treason. He says people-smuggling mafias have operated here for decades and have the channels and routes to promptly bring back the thousands of …

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Haiti is the top priority of the Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Dominican Republic, Foreign Relations Minister Roberto Alvarez said during an interview with El Despertador, on Channel 9 on 2 April 2025. Responding to demands by many for the country to step up actions to stop Haitian migration, Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez called …

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The X Summit of the Americas, a regional conclave for countries of the Western Hemisphere, is scheduled to be held in Punta Cana, in December 2025, originally with the theme of “Building a Secure and Sustainable Hemisphere with Shared Prosperity”. Yet given the disrupted hemispherical relations, there are likely to be changes. If you only …

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The Russian permanent ambassador is expected soon in the Dominican Republic, announced Minister of Foreign Relations Roberto Alvarez during an interview on 2 April 2025 with El Despertador morning talk show on Channel 9. Alexey Viktorovich Seredin has been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Dominican Republic by Decree No. …

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President Luis Abinader will lead the “Responsible Motorcycle Use Forum” on Wednesday, 9 April 2025, at the Ministry of Foreign Relations Convention Center. The forum will bring together government officials, business leaders, and transporter associations to discuss the challenges and opportunities related to motorcycle safety, Listin Diario reports. The National Institute of Transit and Land …

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