Word: dominicans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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President of the Dominican Republic Leonel Fernandez knew what his crowd wanted when he spoke to a packed ARCO Forum at the Institute of Politics Friday afternoon...
...then Fernandez switched gears and spoke of the Dominican Republic's complicated political history, from the 15th century when it was the first colony in the New World to its current incarnation under his leadership...
Fernandez said the Dominican Republic has improved in many areas, allowing his administration to come closer to its aims...
Currently, many goods are smuggled into Haiti through the border with the Dominican Republic...
Within a year, the group had several dozen active members and an e-mail list of several hundred students. Through the PSLM Hennefeld helped organize several protests, including a visit by two sweatshop workers from the Dominican Republic. In March, he helped organize a "Rally for Justice" which featured hundreds of students chanting slogans outside University Hall. "The strategy here is two-pronged, involving both education and action," Hennefeld says. "We also felt we would be most effective on campus by getting students involved with issues relating to their own university...