Dominican Republic is a half-island country located in the Caribbean.
We have one of the worst education systems in Latin America; the government refuses to invest the (by-law) minimum of 4% of the budget in education.
We have a large illegal immigrant population of Haitians who cross the border seeking to re-establish themselves on this side of the island.
Underage drinking is a custom here; allowing minors to go into clubs is an everyday sighting.
Culturally rich, the Dominican Republic was the first colony in America to have a university (Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, founded 1538 if I'm not mistaken), the first cathedral, and being the birth place to the music genres of Merengue and Bachata. Other musical styles that have great popularity here are Rap and "Dembow".
Unfortunately, this country is controlled by the 5-10% of the population that in election time "buys" votes of the uneducated and gullible by bribing them with food and false promises. This keeps the country chained to a vicious circle from which it seems it cannot unbind itself.
The Dominican Republic is a poor country, ravaged by drugs and corruption, and from the looks of it, this might be the case for a while.
We got nice beaches, plantain, mangu, sancocho, red soda, a very colourful vocabulary, (mostly) kind and helpful, but retarded people, and one of the most beautiful national anthems.
We have one of the worst education systems in Latin America; the government refuses to invest the (by-law) minimum of 4% of the budget in education.
We have a large illegal immigrant population of Haitians who cross the border seeking to re-establish themselves on this side of the island.
Underage drinking is a custom here; allowing minors to go into clubs is an everyday sighting.
Culturally rich, the Dominican Republic was the first colony in America to have a university (Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, founded 1538 if I'm not mistaken), the first cathedral, and being the birth place to the music genres of Merengue and Bachata. Other musical styles that have great popularity here are Rap and "Dembow".
Unfortunately, this country is controlled by the 5-10% of the population that in election time "buys" votes of the uneducated and gullible by bribing them with food and false promises. This keeps the country chained to a vicious circle from which it seems it cannot unbind itself.
The Dominican Republic is a poor country, ravaged by drugs and corruption, and from the looks of it, this might be the case for a while.
We got nice beaches, plantain, mangu, sancocho, red soda, a very colourful vocabulary, (mostly) kind and helpful, but retarded people, and one of the most beautiful national anthems.
by cfrv93 May 14, 2011
To clear a couple of things off (& I quote)): "The first Caribbean country to gain its independence was Haiti in 1804, and it was followed by the Dominican Republic in 1844 and Cuba in 1902."
Go to this link and see for yourselves that us people from the Dominican Republic are not lying: http://tinyurl.com/yqcprl
by eulb January 21, 2007
by dominicano24/7 May 13, 2009
spanish country with cool beaches and cool people, also the beer is just about perfect. they have that david ortiz guy from the red sox who probably uses steroids. somewhat poverty stricken, but its just about as good as cuba if not better.
dude 1: ey this dominican republic country's beaches are the goat man
dude 2: how did you get in my house
dude 2: how did you get in my house
by balls man 1564 August 4, 2021
Contrary to popular belief, the Dominican Republic is not the first spanish speaking country to gain its independence. Mexico gained its independence in 1821 after an eleven year war.
MCSD has gone off the deep end, The Dominican Republic was not the first spanish speaking country to gain its independence.
by gabrielgs August 8, 2006
- situated on the Caribbean Ocean, sharing an island with Haiti. - Drinking, smoking and stonin allowed since age 10. - No death sentence in jail and longest jail sentences are 30 years, which are often shortened to 5 - 10 years.- full of crooks and corrupt politicians.- 90% of population lives in extreme poverty and 10% live better than most of the richest people in the United States.- Either u see really fuked up cars or super expensive cars, no regular cars in this country.. no middle class cars.- Terrorists are afraid to come here, no Bin Landen here!- Extremely large population of PERVY freaks!!!!!!! that whistle when hot women pass by.- Young girls are raped when they leave their houses.- Partys include superb amounts of alcohol and sex, especially the Sweet Sixteens.- Policeman are thieves, and thieves are thieves.- We have no TAXIS just beat up cars that can barely run called "carros publicos" if u use one the chances are ull get mugged, and if ure really poor ull just get rapped.- if u're considerin comin to a public school u'll learn more by watchin tv.- if u're fortunate enough u can have electricty for 6 hours, because it goes off for 17 hours each day because the government is poor! - although the government is poor the president is one of the riches ppl in the Caribbean and has bank accounts in Switzerland & USA.- we used to have pretty beaches, but they're full of trash, cans, sewars, and dead ppl.- La Bolita is one of the most places in the DOMREP and i love it.- the militia is totally unnecessary, there are more generals than the USA who are benefittin from the bad management of the economy.- 85 % of the population is from African descent, and there is 15% that think that everyone on the island is white like them.- 80% of the ppl are iliterate, 10 % is retarded, and the other 10% who fukin cares.- only 15% of the ppl have flown in a plane.- people rarely take baths...in a shower. this is because there is no water or electricity and everyone goes to the rivers.. which are dirty.
by Galaxia June 22, 2006
by Smartguy585858 June 7, 2005