NewsWhore
01-23-2009, 02:20 PM
DR1 Daily News will not be updated on Monday, 26 January, a holiday in the Dominican Republic. The 26th celebrates the anniversary of the birth of Juan Pablo Duarte, founding father of the Dominican nation. He was born in Santo Domingo in 1813 and masterminded the movement that led to independence from the dictatorship of the government of General Jean-Pierre Boyer. Duarte was the son of a Spaniard and a Dominican woman from El Seibo. His maternal grandfather was also Spanish. He lived in Puerto Rico and Spain as a young man. He is on record having returned to Santo Domingo in 1831 or 1832 to work in his father's business.
Duarte envisioned Dominican nationality as encompassing a multiplicity of races. The underground movement he founded, La Trinitaria, embarked on a covert independence struggle that gathered strength in 1843 and culminated with the proclamation of independence on 27 February 1844.
While an update of news will not be posted on Monday, readers may check in with the DR1 forums at http://www.dr1.com/forums where news and comments, questions and answers, are posted 24/7. Headline weekend news will be compiled for the Tuesday, 27 January issue.
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Duarte envisioned Dominican nationality as encompassing a multiplicity of races. The underground movement he founded, La Trinitaria, embarked on a covert independence struggle that gathered strength in 1843 and culminated with the proclamation of independence on 27 February 1844.
While an update of news will not be posted on Monday, readers may check in with the DR1 forums at http://www.dr1.com/forums where news and comments, questions and answers, are posted 24/7. Headline weekend news will be compiled for the Tuesday, 27 January issue.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)