NewsWhore
11-25-2008, 02:10 PM
The Dominican Consulate in Miami, Florida says that there are more than 1,000 Dominican-owned or run businesses in that city, as reported in Hoy. The Consulate also informed that 70% of all shipments that go to the DR pass through Miami. Consul General Manuel Almanzar said that there has been a growth in the number of typically Dominican businesses like bodegas, betting houses and Dominican restaurants. Almanzar said that as many as 60% of the medical doctors now practicing in Miami-Dade County had studied at Dominican schools, as reported in Hoy. An estimated 160,000 Dominicans live in Miami. The consul general was speaking during the Dominican Republic Flavor Fest organized by the Ministry of Tourism in Miami-Dade.
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