34 Dominican Pesos for 1 US Dollar sounds pretty good to me..

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Originally posted by CONNERMAN2000 Actually during my several visits, I dont think I've ever been to downtown SD. Only to the airport, and then I'm off to the beaches. My experience comes from a random village near the southeast coast. Wish I had more info to give than that... I dont at all mean to insult, but I havent heard the greatest of things when it comes to the DR capitol, so we've never really vested a true effort to check it out. The rest of my fam has been there, but not I. A lot of crime and poverty and nothing really touristy if I remember correctly. And in a country that has some of the worst trash problems ever and is bordering the poorest nation in the western hemisphere, is it THAT ridiculous for a cooked dog market to exist? I only saw what I saw, perhaps a different animal, but pretty grotesque nonetheless. At least its something unlike the norm, which I guess makes seeing it worth it. Good to hear you had a good trip BTW, Theresa.

I have no clue where your getting your information from, but we are definitely not one of the poorest country in the western hemisphere. In fact, in the last three years we've had one of the strongest and fastest growing economies in Latin America. Word of mouth is a terrible thing. True enough, the trash collection system needs improvement, but that depends on which town you go to. So back to your cooked dog market, no, we don't cook dog because we have very very affordable food in our country. And to tell you the truth, I am quite insulted by your post. The poorest people in my country can still afford to buy decent food in the form of tubers. So to tell you the truth I would recommend you actually research into what the country is like instead on relying on 'oh my friend told me this'.

And just to substantiate my claim:

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This is a list of Latin American economies sorted by their GDP at Purchasing Power Parity The data here is an estimation, not the real figures for the year 2006. To see the official and final figures of the year 2005, please see List of countries by GDP (PPP). This list includes countries which some consider not to be part of Latin America; the precise listing of Latin American countries is disputed. Rank Country 2006 GDP millions of US dollars — World 44,168,157 — Latin America 2,879,544 1 Flag of Brazil Brazil 1,616.000 2 Flag of Mexico Mexico 1,134,300 3 Flag of Argentina Argentina 599,100 4 Flag of Colombia Colombia 366,700 5 Flag of Chile Chile 203,000 6 Flag of Peru Peru 181,800 7 Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 176,400 8 Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 73,740 9 Flag of Guatemala Guatemala 60,570 10 Flag of Ecuador Ecuador 60,480 11 Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica 48,770 12 Flag of Cuba Cuba 44,540 13 Flag of Uruguay Uruguay 36,560 14 Flag of El Salvador El Salvador 33,200 15 Flag of Paraguay Paraguay 30,640 16 Flag of Bolivia Bolivia 27,210 17 Flag of Panama Panama 25,290 18 Flag of Honduras Honduras 22,130 19 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 20,990 20 Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua 16,830 21 Flag of Haiti Haiti 14,560 22 Flag of Jamaica Jamaica 12,710 23 Flag of the Bahamas Bahamas 6,476 24 Flag of Barbados Barbados 5,108 25 Flag of Guyana Guyana 3,620 26 Flag of Suriname Suriname 3,098 27 Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 2,800 28 Flag of Belize Belize 2,307 29 Flag of Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 940 30 Flag of Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 750 31 Flag of Grenada Grenada 440 32 Flag of Dominica Dominica 384 33 Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis 339 34 Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 249

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Orbax At that point you kind of crossed the rubicon and you might as well lay siege to Rome

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Originally posted by Krypton 34 Dominican Pesos for 1 US Dollar sounds pretty good to me..

It used to be 16 for 1 in 2000, but then we had the equivalent of George Dubya only a bit dumber and I am aware that that is hard. It actually shot up to 50 for 1 and now it's down

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Orbax At that point you kind of crossed the rubicon and you might as well lay siege to Rome

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Originally posted by venomX I have no clue where your getting your information from, but we are definitely not one of the poorest country in the western hemisphere. In fact, in the last three years we've had one of the strongest and fastest growing economies in Latin America. Word of mouth is a terrible thing. True enough, the trash collection system needs improvement, but that depends on which town you go to. So back to your cooked dog market, no, we don't cook dog because we have very very affordable food in our country. And to tell you the truth, I am quite insulted by your post. The poorest people in my country can still afford to buy decent food in the form of tubers. So to tell you the truth I would recommend you actually research into what the country is like instead on relying on 'oh my friend told me this'. And just to substantiate my claim: Source

data seems a bit off on those numbers.. you honestly believe hati is in better shape than belize?

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Originally posted by nchs09 data seems a bit off on those numbers.. you honestly believe hati is in better shape than belize?

Those numbers are by purchasing parity, ie. how far your money goes, not by raw GDP which is not indicative of anything anyways. They are taking from the CIA Factbook, 2007 which is widely used for citing this type of data. But if you are that skeptic, check this link . We are still ranked higher than most latin american countries in data from the worldbank for 2007.

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Originally posted by nchs09 data seems a bit off on those numbers.. you honestly believe hati is in better shape than belize?

Those numbers are deceptive: they give total GDP of the country, not GDP per capita.

To give an example of how they're deceptive: Barbados, near the bottom of that list, has a per capita GDP of $13,605, far larger than that of most Latin American countries.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Those numbers are deceptive: they give total GDP of the country, not GDP per capita.

They give you the GDP of the country in PPP. There is no point in looking at GDP per capita if its nominal, and I couldn't find it by PPP.

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Originally posted by venomX They give you the GDP of the country in PPP. There is no point in looking at GDP per capita if its nominal, and I couldn't find it by PPP.

There's no point in looking at total GDP, either, even at PPP, if you don't consider how many people each country has and how the wealth is distributed within the country.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles There's no point in looking at total GDP, either, even at PPP, if you don't consider how many people each country has and how the wealth is distributed within the country.

Sure, I agree. The point of the data was to prove CONNERMAN wrong in that we are not even near to being 'one of the poorest countries in the continent'. As far as my intention goes, the data is useful.

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Originally posted by venomX Sure, I agree. The point of the data was to prove CONNERMAN wrong in that we are not even near to being 'one of the poorest countries in the continent'. As far as my intention goes, the data is useful.

You quote "one of the poorest countries in the continent" like I was the one that said that, when I never did.

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Originally posted by CONNERMAN2000 And in a country that has some of the worst trash problems ever and is bordering the poorest nation in the western hemisphere,

Key word: bordering. Meaning Haiti. Haiti is known for being the least developed country in the Americas.

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Originally posted by venomX So to tell you the truth I would recommend you actually research into what the country is like instead on relying on 'oh my friend told me this'.

What part of "I've been there several times" didnt you understand? I'd kick my own ass if I pointlessly made this shit up. How do you know that some individual villages arent taking matters into their own hands and doing things unlike what you may have personally experienced? Realize that the Chinese regularly eat and torture domesticated animals, too.

I apologize for the insults, but its a THIRD-WORLD country, and unfortunately, fucked up shit happens in third-world countries. I'm speaking from personal observation and nothing more, I'm not trying to declare a geographical thesis here, and I'm sorry.

Ill add that the DR is also home to some of the most spectacular scenery this planet can offer, and the beaches are gorgeous, which compensates for any economic shortcomings from my perspective.

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Originally posted by venomX Those numbers are by purchasing parity, ie. how far your money goes, not by raw GDP which is not indicative of anything anyways. They are taking from the CIA Factbook, 2007 which is widely used for citing this type of data. But if you are that skeptic, check this link . We are still ranked higher than most latin american countries in data from the worldbank for 2007.

compare the countires in latin america.... in both the first post you made about this and the current link given in the post above....

like i said the numbers on your first post seemed a bit off....


now i am not saying the dominican republic has a bad growth rate, but you cant deny the ammount of poverty in the country, my dad was a country director there for CARE and iv seen first hand as i am sure you have the maldistribution of money in the country and the poverty levels.

i still love the dominican republic though.. cant wait to go back



ohhhh how i miss it

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