The former honorary advisor to the Dominican government for Free Zones, Fabio Augusto Jorge-Puras, voluntarily surrendered to United States authorities to answer accusations related to his alleged participation in an international drug trafficking network. The delivery took place last Friday in the city of Miami, where it was taken into custody by agents of the […]
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic, like many societies in the region, has been the scene over the decades of crimes that shook the collective conscience. Multiple homicides, violent gangs, and high-impact assassinations have left deep marks, not only because of the brutality of the events, but also because of fear and indignation. Although the country […]
Santo Domingo.- A construction worker identified as Omar Batista died after falling from a tower under construction located on Fredy Prestol Castillo street, in the Piantini sector, in the National District. According to the testimony of a relative of the victim, the accident occurred amid strong gusts of wind. The deceased's uncle assured that, although […]
Santo Domingo. – Legislators from the National Congress referred this Monday to the contract Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI (Aerodom), given the warning from President Luis Abinader to go to court if Vinci Airports does not begin the construction of the new terminal of the Las Américas International Airport (AILA). The Senate President Ricardo De los […]
Santo Domingo. – After almost two years of suspension, initiated in July 2024, air connectivity between the Dominican Republic and Venezuela is re-established. The Civil Aviation Board approved the reactivation of passenger, cargo, and mail transport operations, within the framework of the agreement reached between both Governments. The resumption of services was approved in the […]
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican president, Luis Abinader, received this Thursday players from the Leones del Escogido, champions of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League, whom he urged to compete with "patriotism" as representatives of the country in the Caribbean Series to be held from February 1 to 7 in Jalisco, Mexico. The ruler handed the […]
Bayaguana, Monte Plata.– The president of the Bayaguana Sports Union, Isaac Ogando, acknowledged the contributions made by Charlie Mariotti, candidate for the presidential candidacy of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), to the strengthening of the municipality of Bayaguana and the province of Monte Plata, underlining his constant support for sports and community initiatives for several […]
Madrid, Spain.– Within the framework of the International Tourism Fair (FITUR), the president of the Organizing Committee of the Central American and Caribbean Games, José Monegro, stated that the integration of sports and major events into the national tourism strategy consolidates the Dominican Republic as a comprehensive, competitive, and diversified destination. You may be interested […]
Santiago.– The Águilas Cibaeñas team called the decision by the Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM) to annul the game they won last Friday against the Toros del Este surprising and disproportionate, after the latter team requested the confiscation of the game alleging a supposed violation of the limit of imported players allowed on the roster. […]
Santo Domingo. – The Minister of Sports, Kelvin Cruz, guaranteed that the Dominican Republic will have all sports facilities ready “100%” before the inauguration of the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026, assuring that the country is working with record time and with a planning that avoids last-minute improvisations. During the balance offered […]
Los Ángeles.- Los dos gigantes tecnológicos Meta y YouTube enfrentan esta semana un histórico juicio en el estado de California por acusaciones de que sus plataformas alimentan una crisis de adicción juvenil. The trial will take place in the Los Angeles County Superior Court and marks the first time the companies will present their case […]
New York.- The tech giant Microsoft presented this Monday Maia 200, the second generation of its artificial intelligence (AI) chip with which it seeks to reduce dependence on Nvidia and compete against those of Google and Amazon in the cloud. This new model has been presented two years after its first version, the Maia 100, […]
New York.- Billionaire Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle, one of the most ruthless figures in Silicon Valley and the new 'czar' of the media in the United States, managed to become the guardian of the algorithm of the renewed American TikTok. Ellison, who is 81 years old and lives on the Hawaiian island of Lanai […]
New York.- Blue Origin, the space company of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced this Wednesday that it plans to launch a network of 5,408 satellites by the end of 2027 to provide high-speed internet service to governments, data centers and companies. The satellite network, called TeraWave, is designed to offer "symmetrical data speeds of up […]
Santa Cruz de Tenerife.- An international team of astronomers, with participation from the University of La Laguna (ULL) and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has captured for the first time the details of the "adolescence" of planetary systems, an era that has been surrounded by mystery for a long time. The study, called […]
Caracas.- The acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, and the chargé d'affaires of the United States in the South American country, Laura Dogu, met this Monday in Caracas to discuss the three-phase plan proposed by the Administration of US President Donald Trump on the Caribbean nation, which consists of stabilization, recovery and a "democratic transition". […]
Los Angeles (USA).- The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) has no plans to deploy operations during next Sunday at the Super Bowl LX, which will be held at the Santa Clara stadium, according to a document from the organizing committee addressed to local officials cited by US media. The Bay Area organizing committee informed […]
Bogotá.- Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado said on Monday that she is willing to meet with the acting president of her country, Delcy Rodríguez, to discuss "a schedule" for democratic transition, a process she again described as "irreversible". "If it is necessary to exchange in any meeting for the purpose of defining a transition […]
Washington - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (1993-2001) and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed this Monday to testify before the House of Representatives in the investigation into the case of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The Clintons' appearance before the Lower House to testify was confirmed by the former president's spokesperson, Ángel Ureña, in a […]
Bogotá.- The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, will take this Tuesday to his meeting with the American President, Donald Trump, a 'ancheta' (typical basket) with coffee and chocolates as a sample of the results of the illicit crop substitution programs, one of the flags of his Government. "This is not just any gift basket, it […]
The Dominican-born rapper, Cardi B, filled all Dominicans with pride this past weekend after her performance on Saturday Night Live, alongside the renowned traditional merengue artist El Prodigio, once again publicly displaying the unbreakable bond that unites her to Dominican culture. In a video posted by Manolo Pujols, better known as Manolo Güira, one of […]
The Colombian singer Karol G dazzled on Sunday night upon her arrival at the red carpet of the 68th edition of the Grammy Awards held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. "La Bichota," one of the most important Latin artists of recent times, wore a sensual and elegant grayish-blue dress that captured everyone's […]
Santiago de los Caballeros, DR - The renowned communicator Nelson Javier stated during a recent broadcast of his program Buena Noche that the businessman Santiago Matías is the one who truly deserves the Gran Soberano in the next edition of the important award. Likewise, he showed his disagreement with the proposal that in the Premios […]
La Vega, RD.- The Vegano Carnival, in its 2026 edition, formally began on Sunday, February 1st, with a first parade in which the pride, the feeling of identity and the firm intention of the new generations to preserve their identity, their traditions and their culture were evidenced in the central streets of La Vega. Since […]
The admired singer and songwriter De La Ghetto was announced as one of the great international stars who will perform on February 28th at the show “Alofoke en el Agganis”, scheduled to be held at the renowned Agganis Arena in Boston. Possessing one of the most select and loaded repertoires of great hits in the […]
A country can ignite from a chat: WhatsApp sets the agenda before the media. A single forward surpasses any headline. In the digital age, the real information crisis doesn't ignite in the newsrooms of a media outlet, nor on the front pages of newspapers: it begins in a simple WhatsApp chat. Before any media outlet […]
In the Dominican Republic, presidents don't fall because of the opposition. They fall because of something more intimate and devastating: their own family. When corruption shares the same last name as the presidential band, it ceases to be a case and becomes a sentence. It's not a contract that is judged: it's the entire credibility […]
In 2015, an internal crisis within the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) forced the leadership of that organization to promote a constitutional reform to enable President Danilo Medina, who had been elected in 2012 through a constitution that prohibited consecutive re-election. Medina was eligible to try to return in 2020, that is, after a period, a […]
For days, Leonardo Aguilera has been the target of a campaign as evidently coordinated as it is poorly executed. Defamation, slander, and half-truths circulate on networks and certain media with suspicious synchronicity. Who's sending them? Who's biting their nails? The formula is old: fabricate scandals where they don't exist, repeat lies until they seem like […]
In 2025, live news streaming via YouTube on smart TVs leaves traditional television behind and transforms news consumption in the Dominican Republic.By: Pavel De Camps Vargas Who's dominating your home screen today? It's not traditional television. In the Dominican Republic, YouTube has taken over the television in this 2025, redefining the map of news consumption. […]
Santo Domingo.- Economist Daniel Toribio warned that the Dominican Republic closed 2025 with a worrying turn compared to Central America: it went from leading the regional growth to lagging behind, while food inflation continued to strongly pressure low-income households. Toribio pointed out that, according to the comparative performance, in 2025 several countries in the region […]
Santo Domingo.- The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) reported this Sunday that, according to preliminary figures, foreign direct investment (FDI) reached 5,032.3 million U.S. dollars at the end of 2025, which represented an increase of 509.1 million, 11.3% more, compared to 2024. By sector, half of the FDI revenue went to the tourism […]
Santo Domingo.- Mass consumption fuels, such as gasoline, diesel and propane gas, will maintain their prices for the week of January 31 to February 6, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Mipymes (MICM) reported this Friday. Premium gasoline will remain at 290.10 pesos per gallon and regular at RD$272.50 per gallon. You may be interested […]
Berlin.- The euro was trading at 1.1899 dollars this Friday, below the barrier of 1.1900 dollars, on a day marked by negative employment data in Germany, the largest European economy, with 3,085,000 unemployed, the highest figure since 2014. The community currency was trading around 4:00 PM GMT at 1.1899 dollars, compared to 1.1926 dollars the […]
Washington.- The US President, Donald Trump, announced this Friday that he has nominated the American banker and economist Kevin Warsh to chair the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve to replace Jerome Powell. "I am pleased to announce that I am nominating Kevin Warsh" to chair the Federal Reserve, Trump said on the Truth […]
Santo Domingo.- The Brisas de las Colinas housing project has sparked considerable interest in the real estate market, registering more than 300 interested clients and securing more than 100 reservations in a single day, which allowed the complete sale of its first stage and the immediate start of the commercialization of the second phase, with […]
Santiago.– The Ministry of Culture announced this Wednesday the main guidelines of the Cibao Regional Book and Culture Fair, conceived as a space to celebrate reading, thought, and the cultural richness of the north of the country, with the participation of the 14 provinces of the region. The first fair edition will be held on April […]
London.- A two-year-old boy from Manchester has broken two Guinness World Records for billiards by performing two tricks that no one had done before at such a young age. Jude Owens performed a first trick, called "pool bank shot" at two years and 302 days old and another called "snooker double pot" at two years […]
Santo Domingo.– This Monday, January 26th, the Dominican Republic commemorates the 213th anniversary of the birth of Juan Pablo Duarte, Father of the Nation and main ideologue of National Independence, whose thought and sacrifice laid the foundations of the Republic proclaimed on February 27, 1844. Juan Pablo Duarte was born on January 26, 1813, in […]
Santo Domingo, RD.– The agency OK Casting announced the celebration of the second edition of the OK Casting Award, which will be held in virtual format on January 31, 2026, consolidating itself as a platform for promotion, training and visibility for acting talents in audiovisual productions of television and cinema in the Dominican Republic. The […]
If anything has been highlighted by the prolonged Haitian crisis, it is the historical debt that the Dominican Republic has with its own border. The provinces that guard that line of more than 390 kilometers not only face the direct consequences of the collapse of the Haitian state, but have also been, for decades, forgotten […]
Without a doubt, the tourism sector represents one of the greatest successes of the governments of President Luis Abinader, an area that he already knew well before his arrival at the Presidency of the Republic, due to his experience as a local businessman. Since his swearing-in in August 2020, the Tourism Cabinet was implemented, coordinated […]
This July 4th, the United States commemorates the 249th anniversary of its independence, a date that marks the beginning of a nation forged in the fight for freedom, civil rights, and self-determination. Since then, this feat has been celebrated in multiple cultural expressions that exalt patriotic pride and the sense of national belonging. However, on […]
Today we proudly and gratefully celebrate the fourth anniversary of De Último Minuto, a project that was born with the firm conviction of transforming the way information is reported in the Dominican Republic. In these four years, we have witnessed —and been protagonists— of a revolution in digital journalism, marked by immediacy, technological innovation, and […]
On the eve of celebrating the fourth anniversary of De Último Minuto, we reaffirm our commitment to innovation, technology and, above all, to you: our readers. We are driven by the constant desire to evolve, to do things differently and to keep up with the times. Therefore, today we present two new products that will […]
Caracas.- The Venezuelan currency, the bolívar, closed 2025 with a devaluation of 82.7% against the US dollar in the official market, marking a wide gap compared to the parallel rate, according to the latest quotation of the year released this Tuesday by the Central Bank of the South American country.
At the end of the last working day of the year, a US currency was trading at 301.37 bolivars, an amount 479.33% higher than at the beginning of the year when it started at 52.02 bolivars.
The dollar is used as a reference in Venezuela to estimate prices of products and services.
In addition to the official exchange rate set daily by the BCV, there is also a parallel market and this same Tuesday it was trading above 560 bolivars.
With the official value of the dollar, the country's minimum wage remained at 0.43 cents of a dollar, since the income has remained at 130 bolivars since 2022.
Exchange Rate Gap and Inflation Figures
In recent years, the Venezuelan government has supplemented the salary with government bonuses of up to 160 dollars, paid at the exchange rate of the issuing body to public employees and without affecting the calculation of labor benefits.
Government bonuses to public employees are made up of one called "economic war income" which is equivalent to 120 dollars, and another for food, of 40 dollars, which private workers also receive.
On the eve, opposition leader and elected deputy Henrique Capriles warned that the difference between the exchange rates in Venezuela is a "silent tax" that punishes Venezuelans with income in the local currency.
In a message posted on X, Capriles stated that no one stops the economic chaos in the South American country and highlighted that "prices are set at the highest dollar, but incomes are adjusted to the lowest" and this, he added, results in "more poverty".
The Central Bank also does not publish inflation figures since October 2024, when the exchange rate gap between the official dollar and the black market dollar began to widen.
La Romana.- The National Police and the Public Ministry deployed a wide operation in the municipality of Villa Hermosa, La Romana, following a viral video of domestic violence, where a man was observed brutally assaulting his father, an elderly man with apparent physical limitations. The search and location actions were led by Brigadier General Wandy […]
Surprise and disbelief have taken hold of a family in northern Thailand after reuniting with one of their members whom they had buried on January 9th. Apparently, the relatives of the 48-year-old man had received news of his death in Chiang Mai. Thus, they organized a funeral in his hometown Chiang Rai with the body […]
Keyviem, the new phenomenon of Dominican urban music signed by Roc Nation, is making its way into the genre by singing drill. Last month, the young rapper released his latest single “North Carolina,” surpassing 790,000 views on his YouTube channel. It also stands out with songs like "A 200", which became the most listened to […]
Signal.- The first concert of the supergroup BTS after their prolonged break will be broadcast by Netflix on March 21st, live and globally, the platform said this Tuesday, which will also release a documentary about the return of the most famous K-pop band. For the first time in three years and nine months "the septet […]
Hair loss is a natural process that affects all people, but when it becomes excessive or persistent it can be a sign of an underlying health problem. This was explained by the dermatologist and internist Augusto Cáceres, a Peruvian specialist in trichology, during an interview in which the main doubts, myths and realities surrounding alopecia […]
Santo Domingo. – The young mother Erika Paola Montero, 29 years old, went this Monday to the facilities of De Último Minuto to make an urgent call for help, after her son Eric Juan Montero, just six years old, was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer with high-risk cells. With a choked voice, Montero explained that […]
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