When the Dominican Republic defused a financial time bomb and created the Social Security system

A man from Santiago who became a hero in the Vietnam War

One of Joaquín Balaguer's most striking superstitions

The Blonde of the Americas, a haunting legend spanning more than 5 decades

The doctor who revolutionized Dominican medicine with his advances and trained doctors for 4 decades

Trene Pérez: The cruel end of a brilliant Dominican engineer

Michael Jackson's surreal wedding... in La Vega, Dominican Republic!

Trujillo was afraid of these three things (the third one will surprise you)

The Dominican (and Latin) expression that is born from a horrible tragedy

The woman who was instrumental in Christopher Columbus's arrival in America

When he played, a show was guaranteed. The Dominican who took table tennis to another level

A tiger, a drunken tamer, and a diplomatic conflict. Stories from the Colonial City

When the Grenade Company turned Manzanillo into a leading city (and a business for Trujillo)

Today it's Mirador Sur Park, but decades ago... a Trujillo man hid millions of pesos there.

Joaquín Balaguer's first love

The Dominican doctor who stood in front of a tank to protect his people

When Bunbury was cancelled in the Dominican Republic... because of a controversial back cover

The terrifying story behind an abandoned house on Duarte Highway

Origin of dominoes: Where did they originate? Why are they called that?

When and how did the Internet arrive in the Dominican Republic?

He shined shoes in Puerto Plata, triumphed on international stages... And died in a mental asylum

When Trujillo passed a divorce law so he could divorce himself (and something unexpected happened)

What was Saona Island like five centuries ago? What did the Spanish produce there?

The Dominican Republic exporting thousands of donkeys to Greece? It happened in 1946.

Jochy Santos: A Great Sovereign who leaves us with a powerful lesson

If you also enjoy "maipiolar," listen to where this word comes from.

La Aurora: From delivering cigars by mule to bringing the quality of Dominican tobacco to the world

The incredible ritual that gave rise to the expression "to get into a real mess"

A cassette player, a song, and street smarts. The composer behind some of the biggest bachata hit...

Women were not citizens in the Dominican Republic until 1942. And that changed thanks to the suff...

Where many saw madmen, a Dominican doctor chose to see people. And he left us a valuable legacy.

A magnificent, pioneering city... devastated by an earthquake. It happened in the heart of our is...

February 28, 1844: What was the first day like in the newly created Dominican Republic?

Honor, pride, and tension. How did each of the Dominican fathers experience February 27th?

Almost everything we know about Juan Pablo Duarte we owe to this great woman

What was the family of Juan Pablo Duarte, the father of the Dominican nation, like?

The exact moment when Juan Pablo Duarte swore to himself to liberate his homeland

A madman stealing milk from Trujillo?

Terror on the airwaves: The most tense afternoon in the history of Dominican radio

America's First Rebel: The Memorable Demonstration of Courage of a Taíno Chief

When the hearts of two brothers defy the cruelty of leprosy. The story of the Deligne family

The most intense and tragic love story in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo

The origin of the word "chévere" is... a mystery

Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee, Víctor Manuelle... And a Dominican genius. A memorable photo

How Juan Luis Guerra transformed a curious diagnosis into a song that conquered the world

The endearing madman of Barahona who protected his neighbors with a box of matches

The brilliant Dominican doctor who would not allow dishonor to his homeland

Fascinating theories about the origin of an unpleasant expression...