{"id":237448,"date":"2025-06-16T08:03:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=237448"},"modified":"2025-06-16T09:04:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:04:41","slug":"ambassador-maria-isabel-castillo-presents-credentials-to-president-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/06\/16\/ambassador-maria-isabel-castillo-presents-credentials-to-president-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador Maria Isabel Castillo presents credentials to President Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Maria-Isabel-Castillo-Baez-Cartas-Credenciales-Presidencia-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-237511\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Maria-Isabel-Castillo-Baez-Cartas-Credenciales-Presidencia-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Maria-Isabel-Castillo-Baez-Cartas-Credenciales-Presidencia-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Maria-Isabel-Castillo-Baez-Cartas-Credenciales-Presidencia-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Maria-Isabel-Castillo-Baez-Cartas-Credenciales-Presidencia-1536x863.png 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Maria-Isabel-Castillo-Baez-Cartas-Credenciales-Presidencia-2048x1150.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mar\u00eda Isabel Castillo B\u00e1ez, the newly appointed ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United States, officially presented her credentials to President Donald J. Trump in a formal ceremony held in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, 11 June 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This presentation formally enables Ambassador Castillo B\u00e1ez to fully assume her duties as the Dominican government&#8217;s representative to the US administration, adhering to international diplomatic protocols and marking the official start of her mission in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In statements shared via social media, Ambassador Castillo B\u00e1ez reiterated her commitment to strengthening ties between the Dominican Republic and the United States. She emphasized key areas of shared strategic interest, including trade, security, and migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Castillo B\u00e1ez previously made history as the first Dominican woman to serve as Ambassador to Mexico. She now takes on this new role with the full support of the Dominican government, aiming to deepen bilateral cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US government has yet to complete the protocols for the named US ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Leah Francis Campos to begin her post.  As reported, the appointment already passed in the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/presidencia.gob.do\/noticias\/embajadora-maria-isabel-castillo-baez-presenta-cartas-credenciales-al-presidente-donald\">Presidency <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/maisacastillob\/status\/1934030858450813161\">Maria Isabel Castillo X <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/n.com.do\/2025\/06\/14\/embajadora-dominicana-maria-isabel-castillo-presenta-credenciales-al-presidente-trump\/\">N Digital <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/usa\/actualidad\/2025\/06\/14\/embajadora-maria-isabel-castillo-presenta-cartas-credenciales\/3150257\">Diario Libre <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 June 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mar\u00eda Isabel Castillo B\u00e1ez, the newly appointed ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United States, officially presented her credentials to President Donald J. Trump in a formal ceremony held in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, 11 June 2025. This presentation formally enables Ambassador Castillo B\u00e1ez to fully assume her duties &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/06\/16\/ambassador-maria-isabel-castillo-presents-credentials-to-president-trump\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[337,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237448"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237512,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237448\/revisions\/237512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}