SANTO DOMINGO — The United States has seized a plane used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and flown it from the Dominican Republic to Florida
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Dominican Republic trying to identify the remains of 14 decomposed bodies found on abandoned vessel
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — Forensic authorities in the Dominican Republic worked Wednesday to identify the remains of at least 14 mostly decomposed bodies found on
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Dominican coke don indicted by federal grand jury in St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A recently unsealed case in the U.S. District Court alleges that a Dominican man smuggled cocaine between Road Town, Tortola and St.
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Dominican activists protest against a new criminal code that would maintain a total abortion ban
SANTO DOMINGO — Activists in the Dominican Republic protested against a bill for a new criminal code that would keep in place the country’s total abortion
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What’s next for a crackdown on Haitian migrants as the Dominican Republic leader enters a new term?
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — After Dominican President Luis Abinader coasted into a second term over the weekend, he promised in a nationalistic speech that “the best is
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Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader heads to reelection as competitors concede early
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader is headed to a second term following Sunday’s general elections, declaring victory after his top competitors
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Haiti’s crisis rises to the forefront of elections in neighboring Dominican Republic
VERON, Dominican Republic (AP) — As soaring violence and political turmoil grip neighboring Haiti, the Dominican Republic will hold elections Sunday that have been defined
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Coast Guard takes 51 migrants back to the Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos repatriated 51 migrants to Dominican Republic this week following the interdiction of an
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Help cops find Dominican man wanted for assault in Frydenhoj
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help to find a man wanted on St. Thomas. Orjedy de Leon, 50, is a suspect in an assault,
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BVI drug kingpin gets 10 years in prison
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The reputed leader of BVI’s drug cartel got 10 years hard time from a judge. Ruben Reyes-Barel, 37, of the Dominican Republic,
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