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Case Study: My Country In The Dominican Republic
Spanish project.

My country in Dominican Republic.

The capital the dominican republic is santo domingo. Santo Domingo is known as Saint Dominic but officially as Santo Domingo de Guzman. Its the largest city in the dominican republic. Its the largest city in the Dominican. Santiago de los Caballeros is another very important city in Dominican Republic. La Romana is another important city because of its population. Puerto plata is a very important city because its culture life.

Favorite foods
Los tres golpes is a dominican cuisine that is very popular. What it is is eggs with a side of fried salami, mangu, and queso frito. Next is mangu. Mangu is a boiled green plantains that are mashed up and on top of it is sauteed red onions. Cafe santo domingo is coffee.
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Colonial zone has the most best views of the alcazar and the bay area in Santo Domingo. While you're there you will see some famous cathedrals. Another great place is Malecon. Malecon in the waterfront having some of the best casinos and hotels and while you're here you can get the best cuisine of the dominican republic. Plaza de la Cultura is also a great place to visit. When you're here you can see the National theater and the museum of modern art. The museum exhibits famous art from famous artists.

Current leader
Danilo Medina is a dominican politician and is the president of the Dominican Republic since he was elected in 2012. Danilo Medina ran for president and won. While he was running though he was suspicious of plagiarism by a man named Genove Gneco. Later on Genove was removed from his position and could not run for president. IN 2008 Danilo tried to run but was beaten by Leonel Fernandez. Danilo was born in november 10 1951. His political party is a liberation. His religion is Roman Catholicism. He is Married to Candida Montilla. He is the 53rd president of the Dominican Republic.

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