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Music, dance, and an aerial choreography featuring over a thousand drones set the stage for the opening of the 25th Central American and Caribbean Games (Santo Domingo 2026) on Friday, 24 July 2026. The ceremony marked the official start of the region’s largest sporting event as the Dominican Republic welcomed thousands of athletes to a competition celebrating its ...

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Dominican judoka Ana Rosa García secured the host country’s first gold medal of the Santo Domingo 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games on Saturday, 25 July 2026. Competing in the women’s 57 kg category at the Judo Pavilion in the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center, García defeated Colombia’s María Villalba.

The 29-year old has had a long career in the s...

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The youngest member of the Cuban hockey team defected, Moises David Torres Puig escaped security guards of the Cuban team to take a Uber and disappear, CiberCuba reports. He has no passport. A brother of Torres, appealed to the Cuban community in the Dominican Republic to help the athlete.

The online news source reports that just days earlier, nine out of...

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Driven by strong performances in mining, construction, and tourism, the Dominican Republic’s Monthly Economic Activity Indicator (IMAE) registered a year-on-year growth of 6.4% in June 2026, marking the highest monthly expansion rate of the year.

According to data released on Thursday, 23 July 2026, by the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, economic a...

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A decision by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) to declare itself incompetent to rule on an appeal filed against Central Electoral Board (JCE) Resolution 14-2026 has sparked a broader legal debate regarding which court holds the proper authority to resolve such cases, Diario Libre reports. Resolution 14 banned the publishing of results of electoral surveys outside...

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