Dominican Republic

The State Department has recalled the ambassadors to three countries who recently cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan under pressure from China. 

Nearly all of the criminal illegal and legal immigrants incarcerated in American prisons derive from six countries in Central and South America. 

The Dominican Republic announced on Monday that it will break diplomatic ties with Taiwan, establish diplomatic relations with mainland China, and recognize Taiwan as an “inalienable part of Chinese territory.” The move came after China offered the Dominican Republic a $3 billion investment and loan package, and fits neatly into China’s strategy of isolating Taiwan.

A majority of people in the Dominican Republic want bans and deportations for Venezuelan and Haitian migrants entering their country, according to new polling data.

Nearly 20,000 Venezuelans have emigrated to the small Caribbean island nation of the Dominican Republic amid the country’s worsening economic, political, and humanitarian crisis, Dominican officials have revealed.

Contents: Thousands of migrants flee to Canada, fearing deportation in the US; Seven years after earthquake, Haiti is still devastated

This week Adrián Beltré collected his historic 3000th hit when he smoked a double against Baltimore. The Texas Rangers slugger is one of only 31 players to reach this plateau. But, a closer look at how Beltré got here shows he is in a class all by himself.

A Dominican national convicted of molesting an underage, teenage boy was sentenced after trying to flee the United States following his trial.

Contents: In a major victory for China, Panama switches allegiance from Taiwan to China; Taiwan’s harsh response signals increasing tension with China; China expected to continue increasing diplomatic pressure on Taiwan

Investigators said the trafficked women – who were shipped in from Central and South America – were forced to have sex with over 100 men per week.

Well, New York Giants linebacker Jonathan Casillas can’t say he didn’t see this one coming, because he pretty much did.

Contents: Venezuela’s Socialist government in political crisis as street violence grows; Organization of American States (OAS) approves scathing condemnation of Venezuela; NY Times blames Venezuela’s chaos on ‘populism’ not Socialism

A 23-year-old man died after he drank an entire bottle of tequila in one sitting to win a bet at a nightclub in the Dominican Re

Agents with the U.S. Border Patrol in Puerto Rico stopped a group of illegal aliens attempting to enter the country by boat.

A 5-year-old boy is back in his mother’s arms after a terrifying ordeal where he was mixed up with another 5-year-old boy and flown to the wrong location.

A man accused of producing and selling heroin in New London, Conn., is gone, after the state gave him back his passport. He has twice missed his court dates, and has likely fled to the Dominican Republic.

Customs and Border Protection officials in Puerto Rico apprehended more then 46 migrants attempting to make it to the U.S. by sea in two separate incidents earlier this week.

The College of St. John the Baptist in the Dominican Republic has erected a sign banning the U.S. Ambassador to that country from entering the campus. The banner across the front of the school says, “The entrance of the U.S.

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Dominican Republic has written a strong public letter demanding the Dominican government protest the personal and political conduct of openly gay U.S. ambassador, James “Wally” Brewster, an LGBT advocate.

Russia has documented its first case of Zika virus infection after an unnamed woman returned from a trip to the Dominican Republic.

It was initially believed that ESPN Radio host Colin Cowherd, who is unofficially set to join Fox Sports, would end his tenure at ESPN on next Friday. ESPN, however, decided to go ahead and let him go immediately following a social media

Officials in the Dominican Republic have promised they would not enact “mass deportations” of over 200,000 illegal Haitian migrants after the conclusion of a “regularlization” program meant to provide adequate paperwork to foreigners who had been living and working in the country illegally.

The person said prosecutors are expected to bring charges against Dr. Salomon Melgen, whose medical offices were raided two years ago by federal authorities and who has been a political donor and longtime Menendez friend.