In the arts, sports, sciences\u00a0and performance, numerous Dominicans stand out at the international level and\u00a0are raising the Dominican flag high.\u00a0It\u2019s difficult to keep this section completely updated\u00a0when Dominican men and women throughout the world are\u00a0constantly\u00a0obtaining\u00a0achievements that fill the country\u00a0with patriotic pride.\u00a0Here we have\u00a0compiled a\u00a0list of some\u00a0examples and significant information which serve as evidence of Dominicans leaving their mark on the international stage.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Did you know<\/b>?\u00a0<\/b>In 2011 the Dominican expedition of mountain climbers called \u201cExcelsior\u201d reached the summit of Mount Everest. Karim Mella, Iv\u00e1n G\u00f3mez and\u00a0Federico\u00a0Jovine\u00a0raised the Dominican flag and filled the country with pride.\u00a0Some years later a movie was made called “La Monta\u00f1a\u201d\u00a0(The Mountain)\u00a0that narrates this impressive feat.<\/p>\n Did you know<\/b>?\u00a0<\/b>In 2013 the Dominican Republic won the Baseball World Classic in San Francisco, California.<\/p>\n Did you know<\/b>?\u00a0<\/b>The Dominican selection of Volleyball\u00a0\u201cLas\u00a0Reinas\u00a0del Caribe\u201d\u00a0(The Queens of the Caribbean),\u00a0have become a legend for their successful trajectory at the international level. The\u00a0professional\u00a0volleyball\u00a0players have won medals in the Central American Games in San Salvador (2002), Cartagena (2006),\u00a0Mayag\u00fcez (2010) y Veracruz (2014), and continue achieving success.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n Dominican citizens\u00a0are distinguished at the international level in sports, particularly in baseball. Only within the Major Leagues Dominicans represent a third of the total foreign players.\u00a0One of these, the\u00a0legendary pitcher\u00a0Juan\u00a0Marichal,\u00a0of the San Francisco Giants, now many years ago was immortalized in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Among some distinguished names are\u00a0Alex Rodr\u00edguez,\u00a0the highest-paid player; Pedro Mart\u00ednez, David Ort\u00edz, Albert Pujols, Robinson\u00a0Can\u00f3, Manny Ram\u00edrez, Sammy Sosa.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Beautiful\u00a0with sweetness. That\u00a0is\u00a0how the Dominican women are.\u00a0And to show it you only need to see the beauty queens that have honorably represented the country in important international competitions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Did you know<\/strong>?\u00a0<\/b>A Dominican, Providencia Paredes,\u00a0was the personal assistant to Jackeline Kennedy Onassis; and other Dominicans have been\u00a0distinguished\u00a0as Hollywood artists, starting with the iconic\u00a0Mar\u00eda Montez,\u00a0called in her time \u201cla\u00a0Reina del Technicolor\u201d\u00a0(the Queen of Technicolor,\u00a0for the adventure movies\u00a0that she filmed in the 40s. Among those distinguished actors and actresses in the present are Zoe Salda\u00f1a, the female protagonist in the film\u00a0Avatar; Michelle Rodr\u00edguez, Dania Ram\u00edrez and\u00a0Merlin Santana.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n There are\u00a0distinguished\u00a0Dominican figures in politics, in public service positions,\u00a0as elected\u00a0mayors, councilmembers and state legislators, among them\u00a0a senator in New York,\u00a0Adriano Espaillat,\u00a0chosen as\u00a0the first Congressperson in the United States that was formerly an undocumented immigrant, and a child of Dominicans, born in Buffalo,\u00a0Thomas E. P\u00e9rez,\u00a0who\u00a0is today a member of the Presidential Cabinet of the United States, as the Labor Secretary.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Did you know<\/b>?\u00a0<\/b>An emblematic figure\u00a0in fashion in the United States is\u00a0the Dominican\u00a0Oscar de la Renta,\u00a0one of the most important designers of the 20th Century. Among\u00a0those who have worn his products\u00a0were American First Ladies, like\u00a0Jackeline Kennedy, Nancy Reagan, Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush and Michelle Obama, and famous artists,\u00a0among them\u00a0Nicole Kidman, Cameron D\u00edaz, Pen\u00e9lope Cruz, Taylor Swift, Oprah Winfrey, Dolores del R\u00edo,\u00a0and\u00a0Sarah Jessica Parker.\u00a0One of his recent designs was the dress worn by\u00a0Amal Alamuddin in her much-talked-about wedding in Venice, Italy\u00a0with the famous actor\u00a0George Clooney.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Did you know<\/b>?\u00a0<\/b>Two writers of Dominican nationality have won distinctions in the field of North American literature —\u00a0Junot D\u00edaz,\u00a0winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2008 and\u00a0Julia Alvarez,\u00a0chosen for her work \u201cIn the Time of the Butterflies\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Did you know<\/b>?\u00a0<\/b>Cid Wilson,\u00a0who\u00a0has Dominican parents,\u00a0earned\u00a0national recognition as the number one Specialty Retail Analyst by Forbes Magazine in 2006. He is also\u00a0director of the National Council of La Raza, and\u00a0was appointed by\u00a0President Barack Obama\u00a0to the National Museum of the American Latino Study Commission to create a museum dedicated to recognizing the history of Latin Americans in the United States.\u00a0He serves as the President and CEO of the\u00a0Hispanic Association of Corporate Responsibility (HACR),\u00a0promoting the participation of Hispanics in Fortune 500 companies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Did you know<\/b>?\u00a0<\/b>In\u00a02014\u00a0the first national exhibition of the Dominican Republic was presented at the Venice\u00a0Biennale of Architecture, one of the most prestigious cultural events in\u00a0the world that promote new trends in art.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0Laboratorio de Arquitectura Dominicana (LAD) was chosen as the curator of the national exhibition. Part of the material will be exhibited in 2015 in the prestigious Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) in New York, included\u00a0in\u00a0\u201cLatin America in Construction: Architecture 1955-1980\u201d,\u00a0a display of\u00a0postures, debates and architectural creativity in Latin America. This will be the first time\u00a0that projects from the Dominican Republic will be presented\u00a0in the rooms of MoMa, founded in 1929 with the objective of spreading modern and contemporary art.<\/p>\n Did you know<\/b>?\u00a0<\/b>The\u00a0Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD),\u00a0has one initiative called\u00a0 Dominicans You Should Know in which it shows the life of wonderful Dominicans around the\u00a0world. Celebrities, athletes, business owners,\u00a0entrepreneurs, artists and ordinary people with extraordinary lives,\u00a0exhibited\u00a0in short interviews for everyone to watch and enjoy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n You can Access all of the\u00a0Dominicans You Should Know<\/strong> videos at:\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLc3ReeZmeOQJFZ7FSH4S1wPKrg6GnN7Kc<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the arts, sports, sciences\u00a0and performance, numerous Dominicans stand out at the international level and\u00a0are raising the Dominican flag high.\u00a0It\u2019s difficult to keep this section completely updated\u00a0when Dominican men and women throughout the world are\u00a0constantly\u00a0obtaining\u00a0achievements that fill the country\u00a0with patriotic pride.\u00a0Here we have\u00a0compiled a\u00a0list of some\u00a0examples and significant information which serve as evidence of Dominicans … Continue reading “Dominicans Abroad”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page-dominicanos.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4534","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4534"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10064,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4534\/revisions\/10064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Beautiful Dominican Women Abroad<\/h2>\n
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