http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Dominican_RepublicFind stories, videos, and photos about Dominican Republic from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:51:19 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Dominican_Republic14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Dominican Republic from CNN.com.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/09/27/dominican.trainer/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/09/27/dominican.trainer/index.htmlA Dominican youth baseball trainer used baseball equipment bags identical to his players' to conceal some of the 293 kilos of cocaine and weapons that authorities seized on Sept. 17 in what they called an "unprecedented" raid. Jose Gabriel Arias Castillo, 35, had 244 packets of cocaine, two P-90 submachine guns, a rifle equipped with a silencer and telescope along with several other weapons, thousands of bullets and a drug press in a Honda Ridgeline pick-up truck parked near the home where players in his care resided.Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/09/25/santo.domingo.tourism/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/09/25/santo.domingo.tourism/index.html#cnnSTCTextYou've got your spot on a lounge chair angled into the hot Caribbean sun, with tall, slender palm trees jutting out over your head. As you gaze at the calm turquoise waters and sip that refreshing rum drink, you may ask yourself, "What more could I possibly want?"Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:53:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/08/16/weather.severe.storms/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/08/16/weather.severe.storms/index.html#cnnSTCTextTropical Storm Claudette is expected to make landfall in the Florida Panhandle by early Monday, and the storm's outer bands already were pounding the area with heavy rain Sunday evening.Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:26:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/melissa_segura/07/02/international.signing/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/melissa_segura/07/02/international.signing/index.htmlSAN PEDRO DE MACORIS, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC -- Glance through the list of important dates that Major League Baseball issues every year. There's Mother's Day in May, Father's Day in June and don't forget the Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game on July 12. What the calendar omits, however, is a date that has become the focal point in the procurement of Latin American amateur free-agents: July 2, the first day that MLB teams can sign 16-year-old international free-agent prospects who will be 17 years old by Sept. 1 of the following year is as unnoticed in the U.S. as it is front-page news in places such as the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:29:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/more/07/01/international.prospects/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/more/07/01/international.prospects/index.htmlApproximately 40 percent of the players in organized baseball were born outside the United States. Most of those players sign during the summer when they are 16 years old, a signing period that begins annually on July 2.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/06/15/caribbean.resorts.kids/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/06/15/caribbean.resorts.kids/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe goofy underwater shots of my husband and much-younger son grinning behind their masks always make me smile -- just the way a vacation photo should.Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:08:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/06/12/cubs.pedro/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/06/12/cubs.pedro/index.htmlThe Cubs are another team that's been scouting Pedro Martinez in the Dominican Republic, where he continues to throw regularly, according to National League sources.Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/12/dominican.doctors.strike/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/12/dominican.doctors.strike/index.html#cnnSTCTextDoctors, nurses and other health professionals in the Dominican Republic went on a 24-hour strike Thursday at public and Social Security Institute hospitals over a wage dispute, news reports said.Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:00:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/cliff_corcoran/03/06/poold.breakdown/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/cliff_corcoran/03/06/poold.breakdown/index.htmlLocation: Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto RicoFri, 06 Mar 2009 20:32:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/tom_verducci/03/05/wbc.preview/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/tom_verducci/03/05/wbc.preview/index.htmlCLEARWATER, Fla. -- Derek Jeter turning double plays with Dustin Pedroia. Chipper Jones and Adam Dunn taking extra batting practice. Roy Oswalt taking the No. 2 slot in the rotation behind Jake Peavy. Joel Hanrahan, John Grabow, Heath Bell and LaTroy Hawkins helping form the best bullpen in the world. Er, hold that last thought, given the bullpen getting Daschled in recent days. But the sights and sounds as the USA team gathered Monday confirmed the three-year wait is over: the most exciting baseball this side of October is here. The World Baseball Classic is back, and to borrow a phrase from the All-Star Game, this time it counts, America.Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:04:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/melissa_segura/03/02/dr.investigators/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/melissa_segura/03/02/dr.investigators/index.htmlSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- The kid's mother had no teeth. The baseball scout sat with her in her home in the small village, trying to decipher the sounds she was making. The unintelligible words made his job even tougher. It used to be that a scout's role was to identify a player -- could he hit, run, throw and catch? -- but as he sat across the table from the woman trying to understand her, the scout was engaged in what has become the newest part of his job: literally trying to identify a player.Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:47:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/02/dominican.drug.war/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/02/dominican.drug.war/index.html#cnnSTCTextDominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez continues to shuffle his top military commanders as he tries to make good on his recent promise to cleanse the government of corruption.Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:00:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/02/17/nats.gonzalez/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/02/17/nats.gonzalez/index.htmlA top Washington Nationals prospect and recipient of the largest international signing bonus in team history is not who he appeared to be. Esmailyn Gonzalez, who is listed as 19 years old on the team's roster, is actually 23-year-old Carlos Alvarez Daniel Lugo, four sources have told SI.com.Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:25:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/10/puerto.rico.plane.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/10/puerto.rico.plane.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTextRescuers have found the body of a man who was one of six people aboard a small airplane that crashed Sunday evening near the northern shore of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Coast Guard said.Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:42:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/09/puerto.rico.plane.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/09/puerto.rico.plane.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTextSearch operations resumed Monday for six U.S. citizens missing since their small plane crashed Sunday evening off the north coast of Puerto Rico.Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:59:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/12/16/dominican.republic.plane/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/12/16/dominican.republic.plane/index.html#cnnSTCTextRescue crews scoured the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday for a plane that took off from the Dominican Republic en route to the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Dominican Republic Civil Aviation agency said.Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:46:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/08/28/newsquiz/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/08/28/newsquiz/index.html#cnnSTCTextName that noun - Answer the following questions about people, places or things from this week's news. Fill in your answers in the space provided.Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:29:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/weather/08/27/gustav/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/weather/08/27/gustav/index.html#cnnSTCTextTropical Storm Gustav left 22 dead in Haiti and the Dominican Republic before it pulled away from the countries Wednesday, officials said.Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:36:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/25/tropical.storm.gustav/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/25/tropical.storm.gustav/index.html#cnnSTCTextTropical Storm Gustav continued on its path toward Haiti and the central Caribbean on Monday and threatened to reach hurricane strength before landfall, the National Hurricane Center said.Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/08/15/fay/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/08/15/fay/index.html#cnnSTCTextTropical Storm Fay formed Friday over the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean Sea, the National Hurricane Center said.Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:10:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/07/22/segura.drcrisis/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/07/22/segura.drcrisis/index.htmlHAINA, Dominican Republic -- Edgar Mercedes has made a fortune taking bets. So when the bookie saw 13-year-old Michel Inoa throw 78 mph off a mound in 2005 he knew that the lanky, 6-foot-3 right-hander was worth the wager. He's workable. He's workable, Mercedes kept saying to himself as he thought of the adjustments he would make to Inoa's delivery: the flick of his wrist, the angle of his waist. Mercedes, whose own career as a catcher had been derailed by injuries, had found the next best thing to being a professional ballplayer -- developing them.Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:15:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/05/emergency.landing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/05/emergency.landing/index.html#cnnSTCTextA plane en route from the Dominican Republic to Canada made an emergency landing Tuesday night in Florida after passengers complained of being sick, officials said.Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:19:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/12/11/storm.olga/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/12/11/storm.olga/index.html#cnnSTCTextOlga strengthened into a tropical storm Tuesday after making landfall on Hispaniola and soaking the Dominican Republic, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:02:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/11/01/tropical.storm/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/11/01/tropical.storm/index.html#cnnSTCTextNoel was upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane Thursday as it moved away from the Bahamas and out into the cooler waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:21:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/10/30/tropical.storm/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/10/30/tropical.storm/index.html#cnnSTCTextTropical Storm Noel weakened Tuesday over most of Cuba after lashing the island's northern coast, but heavy rains continued to deluge the Dominican Republic, Haiti and portions of the Bahamas, forecasters said.Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:19:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/10/29/tropical.storm/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/10/29/tropical.storm/index.html#cnnSTCTextCuba issued a tropical storm warning for the Camaguey, Las Tunas and Ciego de Avila provinces as Tropical Storm Noel approached the island.Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/10/16/jfk.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/10/16/jfk.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCTextEighteen people, including 10 airline workers at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, appeared in federal court Tuesday on international drug smuggling and distribution charges.Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:09:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/andrew_lawrence/10/10/horford/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/andrew_lawrence/10/10/horford/index.html(Editor's note: This story appears in the October issue of SI Latino. To subscribe to SI Latino, click here.)Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:56:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/melissa_segura/05/14/onthemoney/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/melissa_segura/05/14/onthemoney/index.htmlWhen the Cleveland Indians signed Dominican prospect Angel Franco, he knew he'd been given the opportunity of a lifetime. He just didn't know that that opportunity would have nothing to do with baseball.Mon, 14 May 2007 17:21:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/04/13/commentary/sportsbiz/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/04/13/commentary/sportsbiz/index.htmYou may have heard a lot of folks worrying about the steep drop in the number of black baseball players as the sport celebrates Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier 60 years ago this weekend.Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:57:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/more/02/03/carribean.world.series.ap/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/more/02/03/carribean.world.series.ap/index.htmlTony Batista's bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the 18th inning gave the Dominican Republic a 4-3 victory over Venezuela on Friday night in the longest game in Caribbean Series history at 6 hours, 13 minutes.Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:25:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/08/26/ernesto/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/08/26/ernesto/index.htmlCuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands were under hurricane watches Saturday night as Tropical Storm Ernesto gained power in the Caribbean.Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:07:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/06/28/magazines/business2/startupsgoglobal.biz2/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/06/28/magazines/business2/startupsgoglobal.biz2/index.htmWhen working in the tropical sun becomes too much for Ivko Maksimovic, the lanky Serbian heads to one of the Dominican Republic's pristine white-sand beaches. He first gathers up a black hat, mosquito repellent, and a bottle of drinking water.Wed, 28 Jun 2006 20:06:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/03/10/commentary/column_sportsbiz/sportsbiz/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/03/10/commentary/column_sportsbiz/sportsbiz/index.htmIf the World Baseball Classic could bottle the fan enthusiasm for the Dominican Republic-Venezuela game this past Tuesday, no one would ever be able to question the sport's popularity or international credentials ever again.Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:51:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/12/30/news/international/cafta/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/12/30/news/international/cafta/index.htmStaffers on Capitol Hill and in the Bush administration said Thursday it is unlikely that the Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement will become active Jan. 1, as had been planned.Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:56:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/07/14/tropical.weather/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/07/14/tropical.weather/index.htmlHurricane Emily reached Category 3 strength Thursday evening and is moving toward the central Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center said.Thu, 14 Jul 2005 04:36:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/07/01/news/international/cafta/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/07/01/news/international/cafta/index.htmThe Senate has approved a free trade pact known as CAFTA that includes five Central American countries and the Dominican Republic.Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/01/congress.cafta/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/01/congress.cafta/index.htmlThe U.S. Senate Thursday night approved a free trade pact with five Central American countries and the Dominican Republic.Fri, 01 Jul 2005 04:45:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/09/17/jeanne/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/09/17/jeanne/index.htmlDowngraded slightly from hurricane strength, Tropical Storm Jeanne lingered over northern Hispaniola early Friday, where it battered the Dominican Republic with heavy rains and 70 mph (110 km/h) winds a day earlier, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.Fri, 17 Sep 2004 05:57:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/09/16/jeanne/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/09/16/jeanne/index.htmlDowngraded slightly from hurricane strength, Tropical Storm Jeanne is battering the Dominican Republic, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/08/26/olympics.crawford/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/08/26/olympics.crawford/index.htmlShawn Crawford denied fellow American Justin Gatlin a sprint double as he set up a United States clean sweep in the Olympic men's 200m final.Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:32:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/06/18/air.travel/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/06/18/air.travel/index.htmlAirline bashing and complaining are now a national pastime, especially during the peak summer travel season.Fri, 18 Jun 2004 14:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/05/28/caribbean.storm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/05/28/caribbean.storm/index.htmlForecasters are expecting more rain Friday in the flood-soaked regions of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, where high waters have killed hundreds of people and left thousands more homeless.Fri, 28 May 2004 13:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/05/27/caribbean.storms/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/05/27/caribbean.storms/index.htmlThe United States and Canadian forces are struggling to assess the scope of a disaster following days of rain in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.Thu, 27 May 2004 05:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/05/25/caribbean.storms/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/05/25/caribbean.storms/index.htmlAt least 363 people have been killed in floods in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, officials in the two neighboring Caribbean countries say.Tue, 25 May 2004 07:56:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/28/otsc.newman/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/28/otsc.newman/index.htmlPort-au-Prince is in chaos as armed rebels, demanding the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, claim they have surrounded the capital. As armed thugs roam the streets, Aristide remains in the city and insists he will not step down.Sat, 28 Feb 2004 17:05:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/02/07/dominican.surgery/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/02/07/dominican.surgery/index.htmlDoctors in the Dominican Republic have successfully removed the second head of a baby girl in a marathon operation thought to be the first of its kind.Sat, 07 Feb 2004 05:00:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/02/01/272450/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/02/01/272450/index.htmCARIBBEAN High-season savings. It's peak season in the Caribbean--with prices to match. But some destinations in the region are relative bargains. The Dominican Republic and Margarita Island, which...Tue, 01 Feb 2000 05:01:00 EST