Dominican
Republic
List
of topics:
Most
of the sites are available in Spanish. Several of them propose
an English version, some have been translated to French.
General
information
Three
"portal-type" sites and sometimes commercial-orientated, but which
give a first vision of the country through its presence on the
Web.
Red
Dominicana: Dominican Republic on the Internet:
http://www.reddominicana.com/
Dominicana.com,
the page of the Dominican Republic:
http://www.dominicana.com/
Dominican
Republic Information Service :
http://www.dr1.com/
A
page presenting several maps of the Dominican Republic and some
cities:
http://www.hispaniola.com/DR/Guides/DRmaps/index.html
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Political
life
Republic
Presidency:
http://www.presidencia.gov.do/
The Dominican Republic Presidency site: country, government and
projects. Also available: directions of non-governmental organizations,
as well as an information bulletin. The site is also in Spanish
and English.
Political
resources on the Net : Dominican Republic :
http://www.agora.stm.it/politic/dominican_r.htm
List of the political parties and organizations of the country,
text of the Constitution, results of the 1996 elections, links
to famous politicians pages, etc.
Some
other sites:
Dominican
revolutionary party (PRD):
http://www.prd.partidos.com/
Leonel
Fernandez (president of the Republic):
http://www.codetel.net.do/Leonel/
Communist
party (Marxist-Leninist) in the Dominican Republic:
http://www.civila.com/en-marcha/PCML.htm
Jacinto
Peynado (candidate of the PRSC �Christian Social Reformist Party--):
http://www.codetel.net.do/peynado/
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Economy
and finance
Central
Bank of the Dominican Republic :
http://www.bancentral.gov.do/
Site of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic. In addition
to financial and economic information access, it shows the Money
Museum on line and allow to be up to date for property sells.
Dominican
Investment � Corporation of Industrial Development :
http://www.dominican-investment.com/
Guide on investors in the Dominican Republic: economical data
on the country, introduction to the 13 industrial park, guide
on Dominican societies and laws.
Other
sites (commercial):
Cyberplace:
http://www.ciberplaza.com.do/
Entertainment
and discount:
http://www.diversion.com.do/
Latin
Expo :
http://www.expodominicana.com/
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Art
and culture
National
Theater of the Dominican Republic:
http://www.teatronacional.com.do/
The National Theater of the Dominican Republic, located in Santo
Domingo: visit of the rooms, historic presentation, program for
the season, etc.
Theater
House (Casa de Teatro):
http://www.arte-latino.com/casadeteatro/
Information on the Theater House and its activity in scenographic
arts: historic background, competitions, events and shows, exhibitions,
calendars, publications, etc.
Bayahonda
:
http://www.arte-latino.com/bayahonda/
Introduction of the Bayahonda cultural association which promotes
indigenous music (gaga, congo, etc.) and folkloric groups with
practical activities and a CD "Serie Música Raíz
Volumen #1".
Kalalú-Danza
:
http://funredes.org/yacine/kalalu/
The Kalalú-Danza association, Center of Research and Formation
for afro-antillanos arts , shows current events linked with it,
as well as chronology of its main activities for the summer 1997.
Other
sites
Section
"Visual arts" of the Arte Latino site:
http://www.arte-latino.com/plastica/index.htm
Section
"Music" of the Arte Latino site:
http://www.arte-latino.com/musica/index.htm
Section
"Literature" of the Arte Latino site:
http://www.arte-latino.com/literatura/index.htm
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Tourism
Generalities
on the country:
Dominican
Republic � Where everything has begun:
http://www.dominicana.com.do/
Information
on hotels and tour operators:
http://www.domrep-hotels.com.do/
Site
of some villages and cities:
Higuey
: http://www.higuey.com
Mao
: http://funredes.org/mao
Punta
Cana : http://www.punta-cana.com/puntacana
Samaná
: http://www.samana.org.do/samana.html
Santo
Domingo Quincenal : http://www.sdq.com
Ecological
tourism and environment in general:
Enda
Caribe (Environment and Development in the Caribbean):
http://www.funredes.org/endacaribe/
Sanctuary
of Marine Mammals of the Dominican Republic :
http://www.civila.com/jorobada/
Center
for Preservation and Ecodevelopment of the Samaná Bay and
its Environment (CEBSE) : http://www.samana.org.do/ballenas.html
Coastal
maritime biodiversity project of the Dominican Republic:
http://aacr.net/gef/
Cangonet
(Ecotourism in the Caribbean) :
http://funredes.org/yacine/cangonet/
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Newspapers
Hoy
:
http://www.hoy.com.do/
The digital edition of Hoy, one of the Dominican newspapers.
You can find traditional columns, from economy to sport through
politic. Previous editions are archived on the site (during one
week)
ListinDigital
:
http://www.listin.com.do
The Listin Diario, one of the most important newspapers
of the Dominican Republic, gives on line information contained
in specifications and columns of the written version: Republic,
Life, Sport, Money, Opinion�
Ultima
Hora Interactiva:
http://www.ultimahora.com.do/
Daily updating of international and Dominican news on the site
of the Ultima Hora newspaper: politic, economy and sport�
The Opinion section go deeper and clarify the current event.
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Meteorological
resources
Weather
in the Dominican Republic
http://www.dominicana.com/inford/clima/index.htm
Weather forecast for the following regions: Santo Domingo, Santiago,
La Romana, Puerto Plata, Barahona.
Other
sites :
Satellite
image (source: Navy) :
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/satdat/goes8_images/trop_atlantic_ir/LATEST.jpeg
Information
on hurricanes (in English) :
http://weather.yahoo.com/Storm_Center.html
Forecast
for Puerto Plata and Santo Domingo (in English):
http://weather.yahoo.com/regional/Dominican_Republic.html
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Other
resources
Consigalo,
search directory:
http://consigalo.com/
Search directory by topic (Art and Humanities, Purchasing, Computers,
Education, Way of life, Government, Businness and Economy, Health,
etc.) which also proposes news, most interesting and famous sites,
etc.
República
Dominicana, the Latin America page:
http://www.serve.com/Mario_Villalta/dominica.htm
Directory of Dominican sites classified by topic, with some comments.
Background music, possibility to hear the Dominican national hymn,
brief data on the country, etc.
Latin
America on the Net : Dominican Republic:
http://www.latinworld.com/countries/republicadominicana/
List of sites on the Dominican Republic: economy, culture, education,
politic, etc. The section "the best" regularly selects the best
Latin-American sites per country. Links with other countries of
the American continent.
