Economic+Commission+for+Latin+America+and+the+Caribbean-+Dominican

= = 1. Government Type: Reprsentative Democracy 2. The ideological leaning that influence the Dominican Republic most is the Catholic Church. 3. The domestic issue in the Dominican Republic, that might influence the Dominican Republic's foreign policy ,are the Hatian immigrants that come into the Dominican Republic. 4. A few of the major events that occured in the Dominican Republic's history are when the Dominican Republic gained independance from Spain and during the Trufillian Dictatorship. 5. Ethnicities: White, Black, and Mixed. 6. The Dominnican Republic is located in the Caribbean. 7. Haiti and the Dominicam Republic share a border. 8. The US, Jamaica, and Spain are allies of The Dominican Republic. 9. Haiti is the Dominican Republic's main enemy. 10. the Dominican Republic's economy is still developping. 11. The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the Dominican Republic is $35.49 billion. 12. On October 24,1945, the Dominican Republic became a member of the United Nations. 13. The Dominican Republic belongs to a few intergovernmental organizations out side of the United Nations:The __W__orld __T__rade __A__greement and the Caribbean Community Secratariat (CARICOM). 14. The Dominican Republic belongs to a regional organization: the Inter- American institute for Global Cahnge Research. 15. The Dominican Republic's main trade agreement is the __C__entral __A__merican __F__ree __T__rade __A__greement.
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Poverty: the total absence of opportunities, accompanied by high levels of undernourishment, hunger, illiteracy, lack of education, physical and mental ailments, emotional and social instability, unhappiness, sorrow and hopelessness for the future.

In 1992, the General Assembly, welcoming the fact the certain non-governmental organizations, on the initiative of one of them had, in many States, observed 17 October as World Day for theOvercoming Extreme Poverty, declared that date the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The observance aims to promote awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and destitution in all countries, particularly in developing countries - - a need that has become a development priority.