Enfoque cultural: República Dominicana

General

Caraval Dominicano: www.carnaval.com.do

InfoDominicana: www.infodominicana.com/do/e/

LANIC Dominican Republic: lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/dr

Latin World Dominican Republic: www.latinworld.com/caribe/rdominicana/index.html

Live Webcam in Santo Domingo: www.interconect.com.do/camara/santodomingo/welcome.htm

Official Tourist Survival Guide for the Dominican Republic: dominicanresorts.com/DominicanRepublic.htm

Rincón dominicano: www.rincondominicano.net

Santo Domingo: www.sdq.com

Welcome to the Dominican Republic!: www.dominicana.com.do

Welcome to Santo Domingo!: www.dominican-rep.com/Santo_Domingo.html

Merengue

Merengue: www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/merengue.htm

Merengue Festival in Santo Domingo: www.dr1.com/travel/English/merengue/History.html

Merengue History: www.mindspring.com/~adiascar/musica/merhst-e.htm

Radio, Television, and Internet

Agenda Diaria: www.enel.net/rumbodiario

Cadena de Noticias: www.cdnradio.com.do

Hispavista: guia.hispavista.com

Radio poder: www.radiopoder.com/index1.shtml

Baseball Players

Major League Players: www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/homepage/mlb_homepage.jsp

The Alomar Brothers: www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Stadium/5513

Roberto Alomar, ESPN: espn.go.com/mlb/profiles/profile/4189.html

Sandy Alomar, ESPN: espn.go.com/mlb/profiles/profile/4294.html

Juan Marichal MWL biography: www.mwlguide.com/biography/marichal.html

Sammy Sosa, ESPN: espn.go.com/mlb/profiles/profile/4344.html

Where the Talent Comes From: espn.go.com/mlb/draft00/s/2000/0607/572434.html

Julia Álvarez

Julia Álvarez autobiographical notes at Middlebury: www.middlebury.edu/~english/facpub/Alv-autobio.html

Voices from the Gaps, Women Writers of Color: Julia Álvarez: voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/JuliaAlvarez.html

Newspapers

El Nacional: www.elnacional.com.do

Listín Diario: www.listin.com.do

Culture

The International Council of Museums: www.icom.org/vlmp/latin-america.html#Dominican Republic

Actividad cultural

Use the Web links on this page or others to complete the following items about the Dominican Republic.

1		With what country does the Dominican Republic share the island of Hispaniola? How much of the island does the Dominican Republic occupy?
2		Under what different national flags has the Dominican Republic been ruled?
3		What is merengue? Who are some contemporary merengue artists?