Tag: Dominican Republic

• Wednesday, April 30th 2025 - 20:57 UTC

  Lavrov lands in Dominican Republic to boost bilateral ties

  

  Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov landed in the Dominican Republic on Monday evening, his first trip to the Caribbean country and coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations on March 8, 1945. Lavrov sat with his Dominican counterpart, Roberto Álvarez, in a private meeting and a joint session with their delegations, followed by a press conference. Lavrov's delegation included Russian Ambassador-designate Alexei Viktorovich Seredin and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov.

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• Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 10:10 UTC

  Dominican Republic: Jet Set owners to be sued for incident that killed 231

  

  Relatives of the victims of the April 8 roof collapse at the iconic Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, killing 231 people on site and 10 others after hospitalization, insisted Tuesday that they intended to file lawsuits against the facilities' owners.

• Friday, April 11th 2025 - 10:27 UTC

  Fate of most foreigners unknown among 221 Dominican nightclub tragedy dead

  

  US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that at least one US national and several US legal permanent residents died in this week's Jet Set nightclub roof collapse in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The tragedy, which occurred during a concert by merengue performer Rubby Pérez, claimed at least 184 lives, including prominent figures like former MLB players Octavio Dotel and Tony Blanco, as well as Monte Cristi Governor Nelsy Cruz.

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2024 - 22:02 UTC

  US seizes aircraft belonging to Maduro's fleet

  

  Venezuela's Chavista Government Tuesday argued that the seizing in the Dominican Republic by US authorities of an aircraft occasionally used by President Nicolás Maduro constituted a “criminal” act of “piracy.”

• Monday, July 29th 2024 - 23:55 UTC

  Venezuela expels ambassadors from Chile, Uruguay, and other countries following election controversy

  

  The regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has expelled ambassadors from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic, and Uruguay. This move follows widespread international condemnation of the recent presidential election results, which declared Maduro the victor amidst allegations of significant irregularities.

• Thursday, November 23rd 2023 - 10:18 UTC

  At least 27 die in Dominican Republic due to heavy rain

  

  At least 27 people have died and hundreds have been evacuated as torrential rains hit the Dominican Republic in recent days reaching 431 millimeters, the highest volume of rainfall ever recorded in the country.

• Monday, September 18th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  Haitians want PM to step down due to crisis with Dominican Republic

  

  Scores of Haitians demanded Sunday the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry following Dominican President Luis Abinader's decision to close all borders between the only two countries sharing the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, it was reported in Port-au-Prince.

• Saturday, September 16th 2023 - 10:04 UTC

  Dominican Republic closes all borders with Haiti for as long as necessary

  

  Dominican Republic authorities closed all land, air, and sea borders with Haiti over a dispute stemming from the construction of a canal in Haitian territory that affects the flow of water from a river shared by both countries.

• Tuesday, September 12th 2023 - 08:39 UTC

  Will Dominican Republic close all borders with Haiti again?

  

  The Dominican Republic has suspended issuing visas to Haitian nationals and might fully close all borders between the two countries after a recent excavation of a canal in the Massacre River on the Haitian side resulted in water being diverted with ensuing damages to farmers and the environment, President Luis Abinader explained.

• Thursday, December 1st 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  US blocks sugar imports from Dominican Republic, claiming abusive labor conditions

  

  Imports of crude sugar from a company in the Dominican Republic will be blocked at all U.S. ports after the alleged use of forced labor in its production, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced this week.