One island, two worlds (Haiti vs. Dominican Republic)

https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/03/27/one-island-two-worlds

Md 3.43 earthquake (reviewed) occured at 2025-03-30T08:33:35 UTC, 47 km SSE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic #quake #earthquake #dominicanrepublic
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr71477933

https://www.lostwomenofscience.org/podcast-episodes/the-extraordinary-life-and-tragic-death-of-evangelina-rodriguez-perozo---chapter-3-the-rebel-doctor-returns

New chapter of Lost Women of Science. I loved learning about her.

#lostwomeninscience
#dominicanrepublic
#history
#science
#podcast

ChatGPT’s viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlight AI copyright concerns https://www.inbella.com/972739/chatgpts-viral-studio-ghibli-style-images-highlight-ai-copyright-concerns/ #AnimationAndComics #ArtificialIntelligence #AssociatedPress #business #DominicanRepublic #DonaldTrump #Entertainment #EntertainmentNews #GeneralNews #GenerativeAi #HayaoMiyazaki #IntellectualProperty #JoshWeigensberg #KarlaOrtiz #mali #movies #SamAltman #technology #U.s.News #WorldNews #XCorp. #YusufDikec

Md 3.67 earthquake (reviewed) occured at 2025-03-27T01:56:41 UTC, 22 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic #quake #earthquake #dominicanrepublic
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr2025086000

Md 3.80 earthquake (reviewed) occured at 2025-03-24T15:26:47 UTC, 22 km SSW of San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic #quake #earthquake #dominicanrepublic
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr2025083000

Looks like the MAGA crowd (Make Abolition Go Away) is endorsing that quaint custom from which the British East India Company profited for 400 years. The NY Times doesn’t want to talk over us, nor further the arguments for reparations by calling “forced labor” slavery.
#byanyothername #slavery #forcedlabor #DominoSugar #DominicanRepublic https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/business/economy/trump-sugar-forced-labor-ban-lifted.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5k4.15-K.9kxRT3taY3wB&smid=url-share

https://www.europesays.com/1927133/ American believed to be last person to see missing US student left the Dominican Republic #america #DominicanRepublic #EdwinRijo #GeneralNews #JoshuaRoshuaRiibe #LegalProceedings #MichaelChapman #MissingPersons #MNStateWire #PAStateWire #Seniors #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USTopics #USA #USANews #WorldNews

Person of interest in missing Dominican Republic tourist case set free by judge
'It is with deep sadness and heavy, heavy heart, we are coming to the terms with the fact that our daughter has drowned,' Sudiksha Konanki's parents said.
#tourism #crime #death #DominicanRepublic #Trending #USNews
https://globalnews.ca/news/11088298/missing-tourist-dominican-republic-person-of-interest-joshua-riibe-released-sudiksha-konanki/

Person of interest in missing Dominican Republic tourist case set free by judge
'It is with deep sadness and heavy, heavy heart, we are coming to the terms with the fact that our daughter has drowned,' Sudiksha Konanki's parents said.
#tourism #crime #death #DominicanRepublic #Trending #USNews
https://globalnews.ca/news/11088298/missing-tourist-dominican-republic-person-of-interest-joshua-riibe-released-sudiksha-konanki/

Canadians are avoiding the US in favour of other travel destinations, WestJet Airlines says » Political Press

#ElbowsUp #Canada #Canpoli #cdnpoli #politics #travel #Mexico #Jamaica #DominicanRepublic

https://politicalpress.ca/2025/03/canadians-are-avoiding-the-us-in-favour-of-south-american-travel-destinations-westjet-airlines-says/

Sudiksha Konanki missing: Search for Indian-origin student in Dominican Republic intensifies https://www.byteseu.com/841493/ #America #DominicanRepublic #GeneralNews #JoshuaRiibe #LatinAmerica #Minnesota #MissingPersons #MNStateWire #PAStateWire #U.S.News #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USA #USANews #WorldNews

Lawyers for ‘person of interest’ demand his release in missing Dominican Republic tourist case
The parents of Sudiksha Konanki are now asking DR police for a declaration of death nearly two weeks after their daughter vanished from the resort in Punta Cana.
#law #tourism #police #death #DominicanRepublic #PuntaCana
https://globalnews.ca/news/11086465/missing-tourist-dominican-republic-person-of-interest-joshua-riibe-demand-release-sudiksha-konanki/

Lawyers for ‘person of interest’ demand his release in missing Dominican Republic tourist case
The parents of Sudiksha Konanki are now asking DR police for a declaration of death nearly two weeks after their daughter vanished from the resort in Punta Cana.
#law #tourism #police #death #DominicanRepublic #PuntaCana
https://globalnews.ca/news/11086465/missing-tourist-dominican-republic-person-of-interest-joshua-riibe-demand-release-sudiksha-konanki/

‘Person of interest’ in missing Dominican Republic tourist case speaks out
Joshua Riibe, the person of interest, 'is permanently escorted by the police anywhere he goes,' the law firm working with him said, adding he is 'not free to leave' the resort.
#tourism #law #crime #DominicanRepublic #Trending #USNews
https://globalnews.ca/news/11084799/person-of-interest-joshua-riibe-missing-tourist-student-punta-cana-dominican-republic-sudiksha-konanki/

‘Person of interest’ in missing Dominican Republic tourist case speaks out
Joshua Riibe, the person of interest, 'is permanently escorted by the police anywhere he goes,' the law firm working with him said, adding he is 'not free to leave' the resort.
#tourism #law #crime #DominicanRepublic #Trending #USNews
https://globalnews.ca/news/11084799/person-of-interest-joshua-riibe-missing-tourist-student-punta-cana-dominican-republic-sudiksha-konanki/

‘Person of interest’ in missing Dominican Republic tourist case speaks out
Joshua Riibe, the person of interest, 'is permanently escorted by the police anywhere he goes,' the law firm working with him said, adding he is 'not free to leave' the resort.
#tourism #law #crime #DominicanRepublic #Trending #USNews
https://globalnews.ca/news/11084799/person-of-interest-joshua-riibe-missing-tourist-student-punta-cana-dominican-republic-sudiksha-konanki/

Dominican Psychological Thriller ‘The Day of the Storm’ Uses Christian and African Mythology to Explore Perceptions of Reality
#Variety #Global #News #DominicanRepublic #MalagaFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2025/film/global/day-of-the-storm-dominican-republic-malaga-film-festival-1236338976/

Dominicans make an alternate Cuba Libre, using Sprite instead of cola. It’s called Santo Libre, named after the capital, Santo Domingo.

It is one of the most popular cocktails in the country, so much so that rum brands match with Sprite in supermarkets.