Local March 17, 2021 - 12:00 pm

Dominican Republic will mark a 3rd declaration of Independence

Santo Domingo.- On December 1, 1821, José Núñez de Cáceres declared the independence from the Kingdom of Spain, of what we now know as the Dominican Republic, a move labeled the Ephemeral Independence, since it lasted only three months.

Via Decree 146-21 announced Tue., President Luis Abinader creates the Ephemeral Independence Bicentennial Commemoration Commission, to officially mark the first of Dominican Republic’s three declaration of sovereignty.

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Culture Minister, Carmen Heredia, Education Minister Roberto Furcal, National Ephemeris Commission president, Juan Pablo Uribe, among others.

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