Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic ended in 1865.
The Dominican Republic is on the eastern end of the island of Hispaniola, away from the fault on the western end of the island, along which the quake occurred in 2010.
The large Caribbean island of Hispaniola has two countries: Haiti on the Western end and the Dominican Republic on the Eastern end.
Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of Hispaniola. Haiti occupies the western end. The Dominican occupies the eastern end.
The Spanish occupation of the Philippines ended on June 12, 1898, when the country declared its independence from Spain. This followed the successful Philippine Revolution against Spanish colonial rule.
They hunker down, button up. and wait for the storm to end.
Dominican Republic and Haiti
Lil Wayne is said to be half Dominican and half black (or Nigerian). He reps his Dominican heritage at the end of one of his videos. So, yes, I would guess that one of his parents is from the Dominican Republic. Juelz Santana and Fabolous are also half dominican. There are many people of Latino heritage in the hip hop and music industry.
He is President Leonel Fernandez. Although note that his administration will end in August since the Dominican Election Day is this May 20th 2012 and in August is when the change of administration occurs.
Juan ponce de leon died in 1502 in Hispaniola, the island that is now Hati and the Dominican republic.
Danilo Medina Sánchez is the President of the Dominican Republic in 2013. Medina became the President on 2012 August 16. Presidential terms in the Dominican Republic, as of 1970, always start and end on August 16, the day of the Restoration of the Republic, a national holiday.The constitution was recently (2010) re-amended to again forbid the immediate re-election of a president. As such, Medina's term will end on 2016 August 16. Medina was twice previously Secretary of State, from 1996 August 16 to 1999 August 16, and again from 2004 August 16 to 2006 November 8.
Dominican franco ended in 1897.
Dominican Party ended in 1961.