Dominican Republic, the BEST and the WORST of Latin America? - VisualPolitik EN

The Dominican Republic is a very special place in Latin America. Not only because we can find incredible places like Punta Cana, Bayahibe or Puerto Plata here, among many others, but also because this was the first land that Christopher Columbus touched when he discovered America in 1492.

That is, for better or for worse, it was here, in what we know today as the Dominican Republic, where Latin America’s modern history began.

Its capital, Santo Domingo was the first city in the entire American continent and it’s were the first cathedral, first university and first hospital were built.

Well, today, 526 years after Christopher Columbus’s arrival, the Dominican Republic has become a good reflection of the best and worst of Latin America.

On the one hand, the Dominican Republic, thanks to places like Punta Cana, is fashionable and has managed to make tourism its own gold mine.. But on the other hand, poverty, corruption, drug trafficking and many of the policies that have slowed down the region for years, are threatening its future.

In this video we tell you all the lights and shadows of the Dominican Republic.

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