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Price of the dollar in the Dominican Republic for the weekend
Dominican Today
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These figures correspond to the weighted average of spot market transactions, which include cash, transfers, and checks, and exclude transactions in financial derivatives, as established in Section B of Article 59 of the Foreign Exchange...
American Poultry Producers, Expands Market Access to Namibia
Newton County Times - Arkansas
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced American poultry producers will have greater market access to Namibia, which will now accept fresh, frozen, and chilled poultry exports from the United States. The Trump Administration...
Dominican Republic and Ecuador sign pact to boost trust in digital transactions
Dominican Today
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July 4, 2025
Santo Domingo.– The Dominican Republic and Ecuador have signed a bilateral cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening legal security and trust in digital transactions through the mutual recognition of electronic signatures. The agreement was...
Increased foreign medical demand fuels interest in Dominican Republic’s health sector
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic is rapidly establishing itself as a leading regional destination for health tourism, driven by a rising demand for affordable, high-quality medical care outside the United States and other expensive markets....
Copa Airlines Is Launching New Flights to Santiago and Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic
Caribbean Journal
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July 3, 2025
In a major boost for tourism to the northern Dominican Republic, Copa Airlines is launching six new weekly flights from Panama to Santiago and Puerto Plata starting in January 2026. Dominican Tourism Minister David Collado made the announcement,...
Labor Ministry shuts down 13 businesses on Duarte Avenue
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- The Ministry of Labor temporarily shut down over a dozen Chinese-owned businesses on Duarte Avenue in the National District on Wednesday due to repeated and serious violations of Dominican labor laws and workplace safety...
Cirsa rules out immediate entry into Brazil despite market growth
Gambling Insider
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Operator says country remains off the table for now due to structural and licensing concerns. By Gambling Insider Key points: - Cirsa excludes Brazil from its near-term plans - The company sees greater potential in markets like Panama, Colombia...
Abinader and Leonel Fernández advocate for national unity as the crisis in Haiti worsens.
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic— President Luis Abinader and former President Leonel Fernández agreed yesterday on the urgency of building a policy of national unity in the face of the growing crisis in Haiti, a country that remains mired in a...
College Roundup: BYU’s Gibb goes off in Canada victory against Dominican Republic
Daily Herald - Utah
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Courtesy FIBABYU's Delaney Gibb is introduced before the start of a game at the FIBA Women's AmeriCup in Santiago, Chile, on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. Canada’s game against the Dominican Republic at the FIBA AmeriCup in Santiago, Chile, was a...
Caught between China and US, South American bloc rethinks its trade game as internal rifts deepen
Malay Mail
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July 4, 2025
BUENOS AIRES, July 4 — South America’s Mercosur bloc sought yesterday to expand its markets in the face of US President Donald Trump’s global trade war, with Brazil calling for closer ties with dynamic Asian economies. “It’s time for Mercosur to...
Dominican Republic secures agricultural export deal with The Bahamas
Dominican Today
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July 1, 2025
kingston, Jamaica.- The Dominican Republic has achieved a major breakthrough in trade relations with The Bahamas, securing access for six Dominican agricultural products—bitter orange, pineapple, lime, avocado, banana, and plantain—into the...
Lula Urges MERCOSUR to Adopt Local Currencies for International Trade Payments
teleSUR
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Brazilian President Lula da Silva (L) and Argentine President Javier Milei (R), July 3, 2025. X/ @atanimaciones July 3, 2025 Hour: 11:18 am On Thursday, Brazilian President Lula da Silva called on member countries of the Southern Common Market...
South American bloc looks to Asia, Europe in face of Trump trade war
The Victoria Advocate - Texas
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South America's Mercosur bloc sought Thursday to expand its markets in the face of US President Donald Trump's global trade war, with Brazil calling for closer ties with dynamic Asian economies. "It's time for Mercosur to look toward Asia,"...
Companies Behind the Esencia Project in Puerto Rico Leave a Global Trail of Damage
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
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July 2, 2025
The five foreign companies behind the Esencia megaproject in Cabo Rojo, on Puerto Rico’s southwest coast, have left a trail of environmental destruction and community disputes in the ecologically sensitive areas where they’ve developed previous...
Dominican Republic renews call for UNESCO to declare sargassum a regional environmental emergency
Dominican Today
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June 30, 2025
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic’s Permanent Delegation to UNESCO has once again called on the international community to recognize the growing sargassum invasion in the Caribbean as an environmental, economic, and public health emergency....
Unauthorized Haitians build the Dominican Republic. Can they stay?
Christian Science Monitor
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July 1, 2025
Vanel Rozier loads heavy sacks of gravel into the back of a waiting truck, his body moving in time with the Haitian kompa music playing from a co-worker’s phone. The air smells of sweat, dust, and roasted peanuts wafting from a nearby vendor....
Dominican Republic leads Caribbean in egg exports
Dominican Today
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Pexel image Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic has emerged as the Caribbean leader in proportional egg exports, dedicating 20.73% of its egg production—about 820 million units—to international trade, according to the Datos Productivos Latam...
David Ortiz Gives His Thoughts On Red Sox’s Trade Of Rafael Devers, Details His Rum Release
Forbes
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David Ortiz says he wasn't surprised over the Boston Red Sox's decision to trade All-Star Rafael ... More Devers to the San Francisco Giants. (Photo by Jaiden Tripi/Getty Images)Getty Images David Ortiz wasn't surprised over the Boston Red Sox's...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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July 3, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Canadian tourist from Nova Scotia found dead on Dominican Republic beach
Global News
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June 30, 2025
A Canadian tourist’s body was found washed up on a beach in the Dominican Republic hours after he was reported missing in mid-June, and his family is asking for financial support to fly his remains back to Canada. Dorian Christian MacDonald, 38,...