The Embassy of the Dominican Republic presents the Conference February 26 at 6 pm in the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) (Paseo de Recoletos where he embraced the liberal and socialist ideas that were in vogue there at the time These would inspire his call to fight for the independence of the Dominican Republic Haiti took control of both sides of the island of Hispaniola in that year during the brief Dominican independence from Spain achieved in 1821 and its consequent power vacuum a secret reformist movement whose members felt determined to regain control of Spanish Haiti the name given to the brief independent republic They felt entitled to rule what they saw as their part of the island where the ideological differences of Haitians and Haitian-Spaniards made coexistence functionally impossible The Trinitarian believed that its liberal and socialist values would be impossible to implement with the Haitians Haitian President Jean-Pierre Boyer had rejected calls from critics of Haiti to reform the government and establish a parliamentary democracy Duarte created another not so secret group called La Filantrópica which courageously defended the independence of Haiti by organizing theatrical performances Duarte’s leadership in organizing and promoting independence led to his exile in 1843 La Trinitaria gained support for its cause after launching a manifesto in favor of independence led in part by a rancher named Pedro Santana stormed and seized the Ozama Fortress and expelled all Haitian officials within days Dominicans still celebrate this day as the Dominican Independence Day Duarte returned from Venezuela that same year eager to begin designing the future of the new Dominican Republic The Diplomat in Spain is the reference digital newspaper for diplomats and companies that want to be well informed © 2024 The Diplomat in Spain Please enter your username or email address to reset your password © 2024 The Diplomat in Spain SAN CRISTÓBAL DE LAS CASAS, MEXICO — Cartels are taking unprecedented control over daily life in Indigenous communities on the Mexico-Guatemala border. Amid increasing violence many affected communities view the cartels as an existential threat—but also fear the prospect of a militarized international response The 956-kilometer frontier has long been strategic terrain for drug Locals see militarization as a mere Band-Aid solution in lieu of serious investment that responds to local priorities and the Guatemalan communities on the other side of the border are some of that country’s most marginalized the high levels of inequality and lack of basic services—the result of malign neglect dating back centuries—are the fundamental reasons organized crime has managed to make such penetrating inroads into this region When a heavily-armed Cartel de Sinaloa (CDS) convoy entered La Trinitaria y Frontera Comalapa in September—in broad daylight and with perfect impunity—they were cheered by bystanders in videos that went viral on social media Behind the cheering were two simple explanations people felt they had to because no one would protect them from the consequences if they didn’t the CDS had finally cleared the Inter-American Highway of the blockades that their rival Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación had set up the CDS solved a pressing economic problem the state could not But locals are far from optimistic about where this will lead “These groups started little by little and put down roots years ago and [the authorities] did nothing,” a driver I’ve worked with for years in Chiapas told me that day “Now these armed groups control even the price of food and decide whether our schools are open or closed.” Given the lack of opportunities in the area it’s no surprise that some young people take offers of well-paid errands from the cartels and then end up over their heads harming their own communities this project has created division among local communities who do not support this kind of imposed “development” that harms the environment and does not represent meaningful structural change to their daily lives the most organized Indigenous communities have been the least vulnerable to depredations from the cartels Areas organized under the aegis of the Zapatista movement have largely managed to keep their kids from taking offers of lucrative work from the cartels The Zapatistas emerged in Chiapas in the 1990s as a guerrilla group but evolved into an Indigenous governance organization focused on self-determination that encourages young people to work in and for their communities “If it wasn’t for Zapatismo and other forms of autonomy that we have here through which communities have power over their people this would be worse,” said a tourism guide from Zinacantán few in this region are calling for militarization These communities remember the military abuses committed during the armed conflicts of the ’70s They also know that state security forces have deep ties to the cartels militarization simply means different armed outsiders imposing their own agenda communities are calling for meaningful investments that respect local priorities the lack of such investment and the depredations of soldiers allowed organized crime to flourish in this area to begin with In the era of counterinsurgency and genocide in Guatemala in the 1980s many farmers couldn’t leave their towns for fear of being killed so from the other side [of the border with Mexico] they brought us poppy seeds and we started to cultivate them,” a farmer in Tacaná told me “It was easy; they bought the harvest and came to take it and they paid us right away bought our kids their school notebooks … When the price bottomed out Cartel penetration is just the latest armed incursion to threaten the sovereignty that Indigenous communities have been defending for centuries The principal lesson of these past incursions one member of a Zapatista community told me is that “we as Indigenous people know that the organization of our communities is the only thing that will save us from the grip of the mafias.” Investment that responds to local priorities can loosen that grip She was the first Maya-K’iche’ woman to earn a doctorate in social anthropology Reading Time: 4 minutesVelásquez Nimatuj is a journalist Americas Quarterly (AQ) is the premier publication on politics We are an independent publication of the Americas Society/Council of the Americas PUBLISHED BY AMERICAS SOCIETY/ COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS the Dominican Republic celebrates the 211th anniversary of the birth of Juan Pablo Duarte Diez This date serves as a reflection on the life and enduring national legacy left by Duarte His unwavering commitment to independence culminated in the establishment of a free and sovereign Republic on February 27 liberating the nation from foreign influences Duarte co-founded the clandestine society known as La Trinitaria with the primary objective of breaking free from the Haitian regime that held the Dominican people in bondage along with Francisco del Rosario Sánchez and Matías Ramón Mella stands as one of the Founding Fathers of the […] Local January 26 stands as one of the Founding Fathers of the Dominican Republic Duarte’s parents were Doña Manuela Diez a Seibana with Spanish and Dominican heritage Duarte received instruction from his mother and later from a teacher named Montilla Religious education took precedence in his early learning Duarte could read and recite the entire catechism While clerics Bonilla and Gutiérrez were his early teachers he acquired fundamental knowledge in reading and arithmetic from Professor Manuel Aybar Juan Pablo Duarte founded the Secret Society of La Trinitaria they established The Philanthropic Society and The Dramatic Society for public activities and propaganda efforts through theatrical presentations Duarte and his compatriots even joined the Dominican companies of the Haitian army to gain military knowledge Duarte played a pivotal role in leading the movement for independence in Santo Domingo establishing himself as the primary political leader of the Dominicans the revelation of La Trinitaria’s independence activities prompted President Herard to initiate a military occupation of the Dominican provinces aiming to dismantle the separatist leadership Matías Ramón Mella and the Santana brothers were arrested and taken to Haiti while Francisco del Rosario Sánchez managed to hide and spread false news of his death his remains were repatriated to Dominican soil by the government of Ulises Heureaux (Lilís) along with Francisco del Rosario Sánchez and Matias Ramón Mella Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" Economy North Coast Local Sports Health DominicanToday.com - The Dominican Republic News Source in English At least 13 people are dead and 25 injured in Chiapas after a bus crashed Monday morning on a stretch of highway near the city of Comitán Civil Protection director of emergencies Elías Morales Rodríguez told the newspaper Milenio that the accident occurred around 5 a.m which belongs to Transporte de Pasaje “La Angostura,” crashed into a “fixed object” on the road in the municipality of La Trinitaria The object was apparently a concrete wall at the side of the highway “We are checking to see if any of the injured require emergency-flight transport.” The bus was operating between Tuxtla Gutiérrez and Motizintla traveling on the La Trinitaria–Chimic section of the Comitán–Ciudad Cuauhtémoc highway Various rescue personnel spent the morning working to remove passengers from the vehicle and transferring the dead to a nearby facility for forensic investigation The wounded were transported by emergency personnel to various hospitals in nearby Comitán Source: Milenio (sp), El Universal (sp) ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC Santiago.- Santiago continues to grow vertically This is evidenced by the dozens of apartment towers and real estate projects under construction in different parts of the city as well as the extension of national and international investments in banking president of the Cibao Association of Promoters and Builders of Homes (Aprocovici) argues that Santiago is in a very special moment of development despite the increase of up to 30 percent of homes as a result of the rise in materials   He assures that the real estate impulse […] Economy December 6 He assures that the real estate impulse that is currently registered in the city has its origin in the efforts of the entity that he directs when devising and accompanying the municipal authorities in the creation of the Normative Guide for Territorial Planning which supports the “Santiago vertical” Gurabo and La Trinitaria are the sectors of the heart city where more infrastructure projects are currently being developed the corporate building of the Popular Association of Savings and Loans (APAP) Santiago Center and the towers in La Trinitaria with up to 20 floors which supports the “Santiago vertical.” If one cannot spread out on his land to make money the only option is to go up There should be a regulation to prevent any building to come close to or be higher than The Monument to the Heroes of the Restoration Building regulations should require any building over four stories height must have two sets of stairs with fire resistant doors at each level I really hope they’re all earthquake proof as the city is right next to a fault zone A contingent of Sinaloa Cartel gunmen made an audacious and ostentatious entrance to southern Mexico on Saturday arriving in a region on the border with Guatemala in a convoy made up of more than a dozen vehicles including ones specifically equipped for armed combat The convoy – captured in video footage that was widely shared on social media – drove into Frontera Comalapa a municipality that is part of a border region where the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) are involved in a long-running turf war that has disrupted the lives of hundreds of thousands of people — Isaín Mandujano (@isain) September 24, 2023 Hundreds of residents lined the highway and cheered as pickup trucks filled with heavily armed men and other vehicles arrived in Frontera Comalapa after passing through the neighboring municipality of La Trinitaria According to a report by the news website Aristegui Noticias men and women were “forced” to stand next to the highway in the town of San Gregorio Chamic to welcome the Sinaloa Cartel operatives who reportedly arrived in Chiapas from Zacatecas and Durango The newspaper El Universal reported that locals shouted messages of support for the criminal organization whose members declared their allegiance to Sinaloa Cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and assured residents they were coming to help The arrival of the cartel convoy in Frontera Comalapa came after weeks of highway blockades and unrest in the border region of Chiapas The Sinaloa Cartel gunmen also reportedly moved into the nearby municipalities of La Grandeza and Siltepec where they were said to be searching for their CJNG adversaries on Sunday El Universal reported that the CJNG has recently maintained control over the town of Frontera Comalapa the administrative center of the municipality of the same name The CJNG also controls the municipal administrative centers of Siltepec and Motozintla but the Sinaloa Cartel has surrounded those towns and Frontera Comalapa the Sinaloa Cartel controls almost 300 communities near the border with Guatemala The CJNG and the Sinaloa Cartel – and local gangs affiliated with Mexico’s two most powerful criminal organizations – are competing to control routes along which narcotics weapons and migrants are transported north after entering the country from Guatemala Blockades they have set up have impeded the entry of essential products such as food creating shortages in some parts of the southern border region The Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) has been unable to get into communities where cartel members allegedly cut supply while schools have canceled classes in recent weeks due to blockades and security concerns Trucks transporting foodstuffs including pork and eggs were able to get through to border communities after the arrival of additional Sinaloa Cartel members on Saturday but President López Obrador said Monday that the CFE still hadn’t been able to get into communities to restore electricity service The conflict between the CJNG and Sinaloa Cartel in border region municipalities including Motozintla, Mazapa de Madero and Siltepec has flared up periodically during a period of over two years. An outbreak of violence earlier this year forced thousands of Frontera Comalapa residents out of their communities and into the nearby municipality of Chicomuselo the CJNG was blamed for the murder of four men on Friday who apparently betrayed that cartel by switching allegiances Aristegui Noticias reported that more than 280,000 residents of several border region municipalities have become “trapped” due to the worsening dispute between the powerful cartels The Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center and others have highlighted cases of forced recruitment of locals by the criminal organizations state and federal authorities “have denied the seriousness of what the population [of the border region] is suffering,” Aristegui Noticias reported Teachers and principals have denounced the absence of security forces to combat the criminal organizations while in a statement issued over the weekend the Catholic Church’s Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas described the situation as a “crisis.” Isaín Mandujano, a journalist in Chiapas, said on X (formerly Twitter) that colleagues from other states had contacted him “to report from the narco-violence ground zero.” “My response is categorical: NO. No authority of any level can offer the [necessary] security guarantees to do our work,” he wrote a correspondent for the Proceso news magazine said that cartel violence has caused the displacement of thousands of border region residents since 2021 as well as the deaths and disappearances of hundreds of citizens including “a lot of innocent people.” He said that both the army and the National Guard have a presence in the region but “do nothing to stop the violence.” “… Due to the absence of the state each sector of the population applauds their favorite cartel [the one] that has them subjugated,” Mandujano wrote on X “Journalist colleagues from the area have kept quiet left or dedicated themselves to other activities that have nothing to do with journalism [the cartels] check all cell phones – the chats they don’t miss anything,” he said Speaking at his morning press conference on Monday López Obrador said that the Sinaloa Cartel gunmen’s entrance to Frontera Comalapa was part of a propaganda campaign “there are organized crime groups that are allegedly fighting for territory in order to have space to … [move] drugs that come in from Central America to have control over that territory,” he said “And unfortunately they clash [but] there haven’t been a lot of murders in Chiapas in general,” López Obrador said “… There has been a lot of propaganda,” he said making an apparent reference to material posted online by cartels to demonstrate their strength “So they brought out a video in which 20 pickup trucks are going into Frontera Comalapa and people on both sides of the highway are apparently welcoming them,” López Obrador said before asserting that opponents of his government – “the conservatives” – are responsible for disseminating the footage and making it go “viral.” He conceded that crime groups have “support bases” in parts of Chiapas and the rest of Mexico because they distribute groceries to locals or “threaten them,” but asserted that the problem is “very limited.” The government is attending to the situation in the border region of Chiapas noting that the National Guard is there and that citizens benefit from social and welfare programs “I already ordered a greater presence of the National Guard in that entire region and we’re going to continue helping,” he added the Dominican Republic was born as an independent nation when a group of patriots completed the great liberating feat after more than three centuries of Spanish the eastern part of the island of Santo Domingo had proclaimed its independence in 1821 This liberating deed inspired by José Núñez de Cáceres is known as the Ephemeral Independence The revolutionary process to achieve the separation of Haiti began with the foundation of the La Trinitaria clandestine movement on July 16 1838 whose goal was the creation of a free and independent homeland of all […] Local February 27 1838 whose goal was the creation of a free and independent homeland of all foreign powers Matías Ramón Mella and Francisco del Rosario Sánchez would later join Although Juan Pablo Duarte was not present the night of February 27 Francisco del Rosario Sánchez and other small groups of patriots from different areas at the Puerta del Conde in the city of Santo Domingo proclaimed the Dominican Republic The band announced the radical separatist action with the shot of the “great trabucazo” fired by Mella at the Puerta de La Misericordia the Dominican Flag flew for the first time at the Puerta del Conde Hoisted aloft to wave over in the city of Santo Domingo the flag embroidered by Concepción Bona and María Trinidad Sánchez The Flag had emerged from a project presented by Juan Pablo Duarte where the colors and the form of the teaching that would represent the new state which would be called “The Dominican Republic,” were presented A Central Government Board headed the nascent State under the power of the conservatives until November 14 in which Pedro Santana became elected as the First Constitutional President of the Dominican Republic DR The Dominican Academy of History sent a message to the Dominican nation commemorating the 179th anniversary of the proclamation of National Independence It calls the citizens to pay tribute to the heroes reaffirming the sacred commitment as a collective to safeguard the democratic institutions and the national sovereignty as established by the Constitution and the laws of the Dominican Republic The following is the whole message of the Dominican Academy of History: “The Dominican nation commemorates the 179th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic and national independence a political and ideological process whose gestation and crystallization lasted a little over 50 years and had its peak on February 27 The declaration of independence was a […] Local February 26 The following is the whole message of the Dominican Academy of History: “The Dominican nation commemorates the 179th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic and national independence The declaration of independence was a reality of extraordinary historical significance for the Dominican people It was preceded by two other stages of no lesser importance: the movement led by José Núñez de Cáceres on December 1 and the founding of the secret society La Trinitaria Historian Julio Campillo Pérez called these three stages illusion The so-called temporary independence of 1821 was the illusion of Núñez de Cáceres frustrated by the Haitian military invasion of 1822; La Trinitaria represented the hope of the collective to become a sovereign nation; and February 27 was the reality expressed through the absolute independence of the Dominican people After these three stages of national history the Dominican people have always been present every time it has been necessary to defend national sovereignty as happened in the Restoration War (1863-1865) in the nationalist resistance during the first American military occupation (1916-1924) and finally in the course of the Patriotic War of 1965 On the 179th anniversary of the creation of the Dominican State let us pay a well-deserved tribute to our heroes reaffirming the sacred commitment that we Dominicans have to safeguard the democratic institutions and national sovereignty as established by the Constitution and the laws of the Dominican Republic.” Yet some people are trying to undo all this hard work Santo Domingo.-  Mayor David Collado on Sun cut the ribbon for the rebuilt Plaza La Trinitaria built in 1966 in honor of the secret society La Trinitaria which headed the push for Independence The renovation of the work that had been abandoned for more than 20 years became part of the rescue program of the historical and cultural heritage of the city of Santo Domingo Collado said the recovery of the monument was a debt because the abandoned space had posed a threat to citizen security “Our city turns 521 years of history today…,” Collado said Tourism August 5 warned today the Ministry of Defense and the National Police that their troops and officers cannot stop and request the COVID-19 vaccination card from people circulating on the country’s public roads Ulloa explained that several complaints had been deposited at the Ombudsman’s office in the last few hours Some citizens complain that they were stopped by military and Police forces units asking them for information about their immunization “We urge that all members of the Armed Forces and the National Police be oriented to refrain from executing some measures other than resolution number 00048 issued by the Ministry of Public Health on the new measures before COVID-19,” he stated we recommend instructing them to avoid requiring the vaccination card from citizens transiting on […] Health October 14 we recommend instructing them to avoid requiring the vaccination card from citizens transiting on public roads,” added the Ombudsman the National Vaccination Plan against COVID-19 has a total of five million Dominicans immunized with two doses so it still does not reach the 70% of the population that would allow the reduction of the official restrictive measures I Sure hope the individual police man cares to follow these orders given by his superiors There will be cases of officer abusing this to collect some money…our population is confused already with all these nutty rules…slippery slope with a bad ending… This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Secretaría de Gobernación | 11 de mayo de 2015 Es el portal único de trámites, información y participación ciudadana. 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