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Enlaces, the first network of Angel Investors in the Dominican Republic, will be launched in the first National Forum of Entrepreneurship, Business Incubation and Risk Investments. The event will take place on the 23rd of this month, at the Hilton

The National Congress of the Dominican Republic has passed a new environmental law creating a Department of Environment and Natural Resources and streamlining the environmental review process required for development. The law defines dozens of environmentally-related terms, from "sustainable use," "protected areas," and

INTRODUCTION Over the past year, this column has described and analyzed a variety of new laws and regulations enacted by the Dominican Republic with one primary goal: to open itself to foreign trade. The country's efforts have met with incredible success.

1. What is the legal system (civil law, common law or a mixture of both)? The Dominican Republic has a civil law based legal system. Foreign investment 2. Are there any restrictions on foreign investment (including authorisations required by central or local government)? There

U.S. banks seeking to expand overseas may be more likely to turn to the Caribbean country of the Dominican Republic, now that it has passed a new banking law. Located on an island in the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic is a

In recent years, the Dominican Republic has enacted a wide variety of new laws intended to enhance foreign investment in the country. These include new tax, foreign investment and environmental statutes. Recently, the government enacted a new general law of electricity. This

A. Introduction B. General Principles 1. Objective of the Law, regulations, and principles of the Social Security System. The objective of the new Social Security Law has been to establish the Dominican System of Social Security (hereinafter “SDSS”) within the framework of the Constitution of

Located on an island in the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic is a growing destination for U.S. businesses seeking to establish or expand overseas operations. An economically and politically stable country organized as a representative democratic government, it is the Caribbean's

Last year, the United States Congress passed the Trade and Development Act of 2000. The law was intended in large measure to promote the economic development of the Caribbean region by expanding trade relations between the U.S. and the countries

When the Dominican Republic enacted a new insurance law last summer, it affirmed its interest in having insurance companies from the United States and other countries operate in the Dominican Republic. The new law also makes clear what requirements insurers