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Mario Read Vittini
Mario Antonio Read Vittini (1926–2010) was a politician and diplomat from the Dominican Republic. Biography Mario Antonio Read Vittini was born in Hatillo, near San Cristóbal, on 15 May 1926. From his father, he descends from William Augustus Read (1820–1887), an American immigrant from Roxbury, Massachusetts, of English and French descent, who married Dominga Rodríguez Isambert, a Dominican of partial French origin. His mother has Corsican ancestry. Read Vittini became a Doctor of Law in 1948. On 10 June 1952 he became First Secretary for Embassies and Legations. In 1960 he sought political asylum in the Brazilian embassy and received asylum from the United States and exiled in New York, where he married Carmen Virginia Escobar. He returned to the Dominican Republic after the death of dictator Rafael Trujillo and became the vice presidential candidate of the Democratic Revolutionary Nationalistic Party (Partido Nacionalista Revolucionario Democrático) in the 1962 Domini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
San Cristóbal is a city in the southern region of Dominican Republic. It is the municipal (''municipio'') capital of the San Cristóbal province. The municipality is located in a valley at the foothills of the mountains belonging to the Cordillera Central, between the Nigua and Nizao rivers. Within this municipality there is one municipal district (''distrito municipal''): Hato Damas. San Cristóbal was founded in the late 16th century. The Constitution of the Dominican Republic was signed in San Cristóbal in 1844. The city is also notable for being the birthplace of Rafael Trujillo, dictator from 1930 to 1961, who was killed by anti-dictatorial Dominicans on his way to San Cristóbal in 1961 as part of a successful plot to end his 30-year authoritarian and fascist regime. History The first explorations in San Cristóbal date back to the beginning of the conquest and colonization of Hispaniola with the second Voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1493. There were various haciendas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ambassadors From The Dominican Republic To The United States
{{Short description, none The Dominican Ambassador to the United States is in charge of the Dominican Republic's diplomatic mission to the United States. The official title is The Ambassador to the United States of America. The ambassador's residence is on 1715 22nd Street, NW in Washington, D.C. The current Ambassador, José Tomás Pérez, presented his credentials in February, 2015. List of Ambassadors Ambassadors of the Dominican Republic to the United States of America 1894–present * Alejandro Woss y Gil (1894–1899) * Emilio C. Joubert (1900) * Francisco Leonte Vázquez (1901–1904) * Juan Francisco Sánchez (1904) * Emilio C. Joubert (1904–1908) * Arturo L. Fiallo (1909) * Emilio C. Joubert (1909–1911) * Francisco J. Peynado (1912–1913) * Eduardo R. Soler (1914) * Enrique Jiménez (1915) * A. Peréz Perdomo (1915–1917) * Luis Galván (1917–1920) * Emilio C. Joubert (1920–1924) * Jóse del Carmen Ariza (1924–1926) * Angel Morales (1926–1930) * Rafael Brach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deaths From Pancreatic Cancer In The Dominican Republic
Death is the Irreversible process, irreversible cessation of all biological process, biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain death is sometimes used as a legal definition of death. The remains of a former organism normally begin to Decomposition, decompose shortly after death. Death is an inevitable process that eventually occurs in Biological immortality, almost all organisms. Death is generally applied to whole organisms; the similar process seen in individual components of an organism, such as cells or tissues, is necrosis. Something that is not considered an organism, such as a virus, can be physically destroyed but is not said to die. As of the early 21st century, over 150,000 humans die each day, with ageing being by far the most common cause of death. Many cultures and religions have the idea of an afterlife, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
