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- Panama repatriates Taiwanese ship captain convicted of murder
(CNA) Panama City, July 3 (CNA) Panamanian authorities have repatriated the Taiwanese captain of a Panama-registered cargo ship convicted of leading to the drowning of two Dominican Republican stowaways five years ago. According to an official from the
- Immigration policy in Spain to affect thousands of Dominicans
Madrid.? Thousands of Dominicans living and working in Spain could be affected by the immigration policy currently being considered by some European countries. According to the Dominican consul in Spain Marcos Cross Sanchez, the first to be affected
- [$] PRO-U.S. DOMINICA PREMIER WINS A SECOND 5-YEAR TERM
Prime Minister Eugenia Charles, a leading advocate of the United States invasion of Grenada in 1983, won a second five-year term today. Her Dominica Freedom Party won 15 of the 21 seats in Parliament, two less than in the 1980 election. The opposition Dominica Labor Party won 5 seats, and the other seat went to the lone candidate of the United Dominica Labor Party.
- [$] THE TALK OF ROSEAU; DOMINICA FIXES POTHOLES BUT OWN PATH IS ROCKY
For years the roads that circle the spectacular cliff-faced coast of this island and wind through the jungle-covered volcanic mountains in the interior were regarded as the worst in the Caribbean. They were narrow and crumbly, washed out and rutted. Even the potholes had potholes. ''Sometimes you didn't feel like riding in your car,'' said J. B. James, a 34-year-old grocer. ''It would shake up your whole system.''
- [$] HOSTAGES AND HIJACKERS: PRECAUTIONS FOR MILITARY TRAVELERS; DOMINICA'S FINALLY GETS U.N.'S ATTENTION
When the Prime Minister of the Caribbean island nation of Dominica addressed the General Assembly this morning, she startled many listeners because she did exactly what the organizers of the 40th anniversary celebrations had asked of world leaders. The speaker, Eugenia Charles, avoided references to the regional crises of the world, made specific recommendations on how to improve the world body and kept to a fifteen-minute limit. ''I am not an expert in the affairs of the United Nations,'' Mrs....
- AROUND THE WORLD; Ex-Commander Hanged For Dominica Coup Role
The former commander of this tiny Caribbean island's military force was hanged this morning at the state prison for his role in a failed attempt to overthrow the Government of Prime Minister Eugenia Charles. It was the first execution in 13 years on Dominica, and the first since the island attained independence from Britain in 1978.
- 4 Caribbean Islands Quicken Pace Toward Union
Inspired by moves toward integration among the world's industrialized countries, four eastern Caribbean islands have accelerated efforts at total political and economic union. Faced with limited access to credit and little bargaining power in international forums, leaders of the islands, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Dominica, which form part of the Windward Islands chain, recently began a series of public assemblies that they hope will lead as early as next year to the creation of a sing...
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Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the eastern Caribbean.
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