2024 in the Dominican Republic
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Events in the year 2024 in the Dominican Republic.
Incumbents
Events
- February 18 – 2024 Dominican Republic municipal elections
- May 19 – 2024 Dominican Republic general election: Luis Abinader is reelected President while his Modern Revolutionary Party wins a supermajority in the Congress of the Dominican Republic.[1]
- August 6 – The skeletal remains of 14 individuals believed to be from Senegal and Mauritania are found on an abandoned boat off the coast of Río San Juan.[2]
- August 16 – Luis Abinader is sworn in for a second term as President of the Dominican Republic.[3]
- September 1 – A truck crashes into a bar in Azua, killing 11 people and injuring 40 others.[4]
- October 2 – The government announces plans to deport 10,000 Haitian immigrants on a weekly basis.[5]
- December 6 – Authorities announce the largest seizure of illegal drugs in the country's history after 9.5 tons of cocaine are found inside a banana shipment travelling from Guatemala to Belgium that stopped at the Multimodal Caucedo Port.[6]
Deaths
- January 31 – Víctor Pinales, 59, actor.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader heads to reelection as competitors concede early". Associated Press. May 20, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "Dominican Republic trying to identify the remains of 14 decomposed bodies found on abandoned vessel". Associated Press. August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ "Dominican Republic's Abinader vows economic growth, social reforms in second term". Reuters. August 16, 2024.
- ^ "A truck plowed into a bar in the Dominican Republic killing 11 and injuring 40". Associated Press. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Dominican Republic will deport up to 10,000 Haitians a week, citing an 'excess' of immigrants". Associated Press. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Dominican Republic seizes 9.5 tons of cocaine, marking a new record". Associated Press. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ "Actor Víctor Pinales muere por un paro respiratorio". El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). 2024-01-31. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
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