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Trade with Haiti grows more than 32% despite violence in that country

Haiti has been for years one of the main destinations of the Dominican exports. However, trade with the neighboring country has had to reinvent itself in the midst of an extreme scenario:

October 9, 2025

Dominican Republic

Convictions for the assassination attempt revive threats against Cristina Fernández

Three years after the trial, the Federal Oral Court No. 6 handed down a sentence this Wednesday against the two main people responsible for the attack that occurred on September 1, 2022

October 9, 2025

Cuba

Two new femicides bring the victims of sexist violence in Cuba to 35 so far this year

Additionally, in 2025, five attempted feminicides and the murder of a man for gender reasons were reported. MIAMI, United States. – The magazine’s Gender Observatory Tense Wings (OGAT) and the YoSíTeCreo platform

October 9, 2025

Cuba

Abinader encabezará un Consejo de Gobierno este jueves

Abinader will head a Government Council this Thursday

Santo Domingo.– The president Luis Abinader will chair this Thursday a Governing Council meeting in it National Palacescheduled for 5:00 in the afternoon. The meeting is part of the presidential agenda, which

October 9, 2025

Dominican Republic

Cuba secures 16 places in sports shooting for Central Americans 2026

Cuba achieved 16 places for the Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo 2026 in the sports shooting qualifying tournament held in El Salvador, with gold and silver medals in rapid-fire

October 9, 2025

Cuba

Labor inequality persists in the DR: the United Nations warns that women earn less and lead the informal sector

Santo Domingo.- In the Dominican Republic, the labor informality continues to be one of the great challenges of the labor market. When analyzed from a gender perspective, the gaps are even more

October 9, 2025

Dominican Republic

Un ataque aéreo israelí sobre la Franja de Gaza

Donald Trump announces agreement between Israel and Hamas to end the war

The peace agreement was confirmed by both parties and by Qatar, one of the mediators in the conflict. MIAMI, United States. – Donald Trump announced this Wednesday that Israel and Hamas had

October 9, 2025

Cuba

Alert about the increase in stroke in young people

Between 75% and 80% of young adults who have suffered a stroke (ACV) and have entered the Dominican Stroke Foundation (Foundation) present some type of disability, as revealed by the president of

October 9, 2025

Dominican Republic

Trump sends National Guard to Chicago and threatens Democratic leaders with jail

President Donald Trump intensified his confrontation with the Democratic authorities of Illinois and Chicago this Wednesday, accusing without evidence Governor JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson, respectively, of “not protecting” the agents

October 9, 2025

Cuba

MSMEs will be able to open simplified savings accounts

The Association of Multiple Banks of the Dominican Republic (ABA) assessed this Wednesday as positive the disposition of the Superintendence of Banks which authorizes the opening of simplified savings accounts exclusive for

October 8, 2025

Dominican Republic

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