Estadio Quisqueya Juan Marichal is a baseball stadium in Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic. It is the only stadium in the Caribbean region to host two different baseball teams,Tigres del Licey and Leones del Escogido. Its field dimensions are 335 feet (102 m) at the foul poles,383 feet (117 m) at the power alleys,and 411 feet (125 m) at center field. The seating capacity is 14,469. The Dominican League of Baseball Authority is in charge of its management.
Eduardo Brito National Theater is a venue in Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic. The centerpiece of the Plaza de la Cultura complex,it regularly hosts opera,ballet,classical music performances,and Latin pop concerts. The national theatre opened on August 16,1973,and was originally known as the National Theater of Santo Domingo. In 2006,it was renamed after the Dominican baritone Eduardo Brito by presidential decree. It has a capacity of 1,700 seats.
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium is open-air multi-purpose stadium in Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic. Opened in 1974 for the XII Central American &Caribbean Games and renovated 2003 Pan American Games is the largest stadium in the Dominican Republic used mostly for football and track and field and as a music venue. The stadium has a sporting events' capacity of 27,000 people,though it has seen crowds of 35,000. For concerts,its stated capacity is 50,000 people.
Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona is a Dominican economist,businessman,and politician who has served as the 54th president of the Dominican Republic since 2020 and the president-elect of the Dominican Republic in the 2024 elections. He was the Modern Revolutionary Party candidate for President of the Dominican Republic in the 2016,2020,and 2024 general elections.
JoséRafael Abinader Wasaf was a politician,lawyer and writer from the Dominican Republic and Vice-President of the Dominican Revolutionary Party. He founded the Universidad Dominicana O&M,in which he was rector. Abinader as a businessman was president of Grupo Abicor,and at the time of his death he was worth US$600 million.
Dominican Film Market (DFM) is officially the first film market of the history in the Caribbean region film industry,holding its first edition in November 2014 in Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic. approximately 4000 people attended and featured with invited countries as Taiwan and Brazil,as well as producers from the United States,Mexico,France,Kazakhstan and Russia.
Fernando Rainieri Marranzini was a tourism entrepreneur,minister and diplomat of the Dominican Republic. In 1986,the Dominican President Joaquin Balaguer appointed him Secretary of State (Minister) of Tourism of the Dominican Republic. He was director of the Institute for the Development of Tourism Infrastructure,president for the Americas of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO),secretary of the Board of the Roundtable of Commonwealth countries,as well as president of the Dominican chapter of the organization Save the Children.
Rosa Carolina Mejía Gómez de Garrigó is a Dominican politician,economist,and businesswoman. She is the current mayor of Distrito Nacional,the first woman to assume the position.
General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 5 July 2020 to elect a president,vice-president,32 senators and 190 deputies. They had originally been planned for 17 May,but were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. They are the second elections since 1994 in which all positions will be elected simultaneously,and the first in Dominican history in which all authorities will be elected simultaneously and directly.
The 2020 protests in the Dominican Republic,also known as the youth movement,comprise a series of massive congregations,both in the Dominican Republic and internationally,which took place from Sunday,February 16 to Thursday,March 12,2020,as a result of the Central Electoral Board suspending municipal elections for the first time in the entire history of national democracy. This decision was due to "errors" presented by electronic voting in the polling stations of 18 municipalities of the country,during the elections,in which around 62% of the votes were concentrated,despite the fact that manual votes,which were also applied in those demarcations,were being carried out without problems.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached the Dominican Republic on 1 March 2020.
The People's Force is a political party in the Dominican Republic led by former President Leonel Fernández.
Gonzalo Castillo Terrero is a Dominican businessman and politician. He was Minister of Public Works and Communications from 2012 to 2019. In July 2019 he sought the Dominican Liberation Party's presidential nomination for the 2020 elections. He won the nomination,but lost the general election to Luis Abinader.
Events in the year 2021 in the Dominican Republic.
Raquel Patricia Arbaje Soneh is a Dominican businesswoman and children's literature writer. She has served as the First Lady of the Dominican Republic,since August 2020 as the wife of President,Luis Abinader.
Luz del Alba Jiménez is a Dominican politician. She was the Minister for Youth of the Dominican Republic. Jiménez was appointed Minister of Youth by President Luis Abinader on December 9,2020 and was in office till December 5,2021. She previously served as the Deputy Minister of Planning and Development for the Ministry of Youth. She is the third woman to be appointed Minister of Youth.
Entre Mar y Palmera Tour is the title of the world tour of Dominican superstar Juan Luis Guerra and 4:40 to promote his live album of the same title,his EP Prive and to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of his blockbuster album Bachata Rosa. The tour kicked off February 12,2022,in Punta Cana,Dominican Republic and is expected to end on July 13,2024 in A Coruña,Spain.
La Travesia World Tour is the world tour by the Dominican superstar Juan Luis Guerra Tour promote his 10th studio album La Llave de Mi Corazón. It was his longest tour at the time and consisted in six legs,54 shows and visited United States,Latin America,Europe and Asia,where his made his debut in Japan. Also,it was his biggest international tour in more than a decade,marking his first time in many years that he performed in countries such as Ecuador,Paraguay and Costa Rica since the Bachata Rosa World Tour (1991-92). The tour kick off on July 12,2008,and ended on December 5,2009,in Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Events in the year 2022 in the Dominican Republic.
Roberto Álvarez Gil is a Dominican lawyer,diplomat and politician. He became Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic,in the government of President Luis Abinader in August 16,2020. He is also a researcher and author of publications on human rights and international relations. In 2005,he was Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the Organization of American States.
