Panorama Cultural

Panorama cultural: República Dominicana

General

Caraval Dominicano: www.carnaval.com.do

InfoDominicana: www.infodominicana.com/english

LANIC Dominican Republic: lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/dr

Latin World Dominican Republic: www.latinworld.com/caribe/rdominicana/index.html

Live Webcam in Santo Domingo: www.interconect.com.do/camara/santodomingo/welcome.htm

Official Tourist Survival Guide for the Dominican Republic: dominicanresorts.com/DominicanRepublic.htm

Rincón dominicano: www.rincondominicano.net

Santo Domingo: www.sdq.com

Welcome to the Dominican Republic!: www.dominicana.com.do

Welcome to Santo Domingo!: www.dominican-rep.com/Santo_Domingo.html

Merengue

Merengue: www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/merengue.htm

Merengue Festival in Santo Domingo: www.dr1.com/travel/English/merengue/History.html

Merengue History: www.mindspring.com/~adiascar/musica/merhst-e.htm

Radio, Television, and Internet

Agenda Diaria: www.enel.net/agendadiaria/quiosco.htm

Cadena de Noticias: www.cdnradio.com.do

Hispavista: guia.hispavista.com

Radio poder: www.radiopoder.com/index1.shtml

Baseball Players

Major League Players: www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/homepage/mlb_homepage.jsp

The Alomar Brothers: www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Stadium/5513

Roberto Alomar, ESPN: espn.go.com/mlb/profiles/profile/4189.html

Sandy Alomar, ESPN: espn.go.com/mlb/profiles/profile/4294.html

Juan Marichal MWL biography: www.mwlguide.com/biography/marichal.html

Sammy Sosa, ESPN: espn.go.com/mlb/profiles/profile/4344.html

Where the Talent Comes From: espn.go.com/mlb/draft00/s/2000/0607/572434.html

Julia Álvarez

Julia Álvarez autobiographical notes at Middlebury: www.middlebury.edu/~english/facpub/Alv-autobio.html

Voices from the Gaps, Women Writers of Color: Julia Álvarez: voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/JuliaAlvarez.html

Newspapers

El Nacional: www.elnacional.com.do

Listín Diario: www.listin.com.do

Culture

The International Council of Museums: www.icom.org/vlmp/latin-america.html#Dominican Republic

Actividad cultural

Use the Web links on this page or others to complete the following items about the Dominican Republic.
1. With what country does the Dominican Republic share the island of Hispaniola? How much of the island does the Dominican Republic occupy?

2. Under what different national flags has the Dominican Republic been ruled?

3. What is merengue? Who are some contemporary merengue artists?



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