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• Ex-president denounces Dominican election results

  -- A former president who lost his bid to be re-elected in the Dominican Republic issued a scathing denunciation Tuesday of the country's electoral process but made no mention of any plans to challenge the outcome.Hipolito Mejia told cheering supporters that   Read more »

• Local Dominicans pivotal to election

  of thousands of Dominicans living in the city, Long Island , Westchester and Rockland were expected to participate in the Dominican Republic 's elections Sunday, and their votes could be pivotal to the outcome. The presidential contest is a closely fought   Read more »

• Gold! Haiti hopes ore find will spur mining boom

  mountains. Now, a mining company is drilling around the clock to determine how to get those metals out.In neighboring Dominican Republic , workers are poised to start mining the other side of this seam later this year in one of the world's largest gold deposits:   Read more »

• Questions, shock surround NYC crash that killed 7

  or even feel.The crash came as the victims drove to a family party with a set of grandparents who were visiting from the Dominican Republic .Juan Ramon Rosario, who lost his wife, Maria Nunez, and two children, made comments Monday outside his late sister-in-law's   Read more »

• 9 dead, 11,000 evacuated after rains in Hispaniola

  floods that killed up to nine people in Haiti and forced more than 11,000 people to flee their homes in the neighboring Dominican Republic, authorities said Wednesday.Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste of Haiti's Civil Protection Office said nine people died in the   Read more »

Around the web

• Aftershock: How Haiti's quake hit the whole of Hispaniola

  The flooded Malpasse border crossing between Haiti and the Dominican Republic has become a disturbing symbol of how the two nations that share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola are standing on the brink of chaos as they struggle with the pressures of de 29 m ago from The Independent Read more »

• How a local non-profit got national attention and handled a sensitive story

  ensuring the girls’ privacy was respected and that their mother was on board with the coverage. Previous reporting in the Dominican Republic was very negative, Watson said. Watson or another patient advocate was with the family whenever media were present. 4:52 PM from Richmond.com Read more »

• The Infield and Their Successors

  a decent probability that my wife and I (maybe kids too, but that’s a different issue) will be going to the Dominican Republic for our anniversary this summer. I informed her that if that’s where we decide to go, I will be attending at least one game at Campo 4:02 PM from True Blue LA Read more »

• The Legacy of Trujillo

  with whom I’ve discussed this theme have also referenced the ways in which life was better under Trujillo. Although the Dominican Republic is a relatively safe country, many nostalgically recall the days when people didn’t lock their doors or when the streets 11:03 AM from Kiva Fellows Blog Read more »

• Haiti's rush for gold gives mining firms a free rein over the riches | Jane Regan

  If they are lucky, a day's work might end with a few gold flecks. Once a week, gold traders from Haiti's cities and the Dominican Republic secretly buy their finds at less than half the market rate – about $700 an ounce. Surrounding fields are pitted with 10:17 AM from Guardian Unlimited Read more »