Dominican Republic 2018
The population of the Dominican Republic in 2018 was estimated to be around 10,746,378 people. The majority of the population is comprised of people of mixed Spanish, African and indigenous descent, with a smaller percentage of other Caribbean, European and Middle Eastern ethnicities. The economy is largely reliant on tourism, mining and agriculture, with sugarcane being the leading export crop. Foreign relations remain strong with the Dominican Republic’s neighbors in the Caribbean region as well as other countries in the Americas and Europe. According to extrareference, the Dominican Republic has been a multi-party democracy since 1978. In 2018, President Danilo Medina was re-elected for a second consecutive term after winning 62% of the popular vote in presidential elections held that year.
Yearbook 2018
Dominican Republic. According to Countryaah.com, Santo Domingo is the capital city of Dominican Republic, a country located in North America. One person was killed and 48 arrested during a 24-hour strike on October 29 in the Cibao region of the north of the country. The strike was triggered by widespread dissatisfaction with substandard community service and infrastructure, and was organized by the grassroots organization Marcha Verde. The country’s economic indicators pointed to strong growth, falling unemployment and low inflation, which led to frustration over the lack of public investment.
- According to Abbreviationfinder: DOM is an three letter acronym for Dominican Republic.
The opposition, with the PRM (Modern Revolutionary Party) at the forefront, joined a protest movement that emerged during the year against corruption in the country. A protest march on August 12 gathered tens of thousands of protesters across the country. The main target of the protests was the politicians within the PLD (Dominican Liberation Liberation Party) who allegedly received the equivalent of $ 92 million since 2001 from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht in exchange for favorable public building projects, but the state prosecutor also shared three senators from the PRM suspicion.
The opposition also accused President Danilo Medina of maneuvering in the direction of a constitutional change that would allow him to be re-elected a second time, thus sitting for three terms. Even within his own party PLD, votes were raised against such reform, notably from the faction led by former President Leonel Fernández (1996-2000, 2004-12), who is expected to compete for the party’s candidacy in the 2020 presidential election.
