Imports & Exports: The main imports are petroleum products (oils and gases), vehicles, and medical supplies, mostly from the US, China and Mexico, but also partner with some South American countries like Brazil and Chile.

Exports include lots of farm products, like bananas, mangoes, lemons, coconuts, cocoa beans and spices, as well as gold and jewelry, and cigarettes. The island heavily depends on agriculture, trade, and mining.

 

Name of president: Luis Abinader, 53 years old and born in Santo Domingo, elected in 2016 and reelected in 2020.

 

Indigenous peoples: The first indigenous people, the Taíno, arrived from the Yucatan peninsula and Belize by canoe. They suffered a devastating loss on Dominican Republic (previously called Hispaniola by the Spanish that colonized there), where almost the entire population on the island was wiped out. Fortunately, descendants are still alive today in other parts of the world like Puerto Rico and Cuba.

 

Popular food: Sancocho is a popular hearty stew filled with meats and vegetables like squash, corn, beans, beef and chicken, but the most common dishes revolve around rice, like arroz con maiz - a popular staple (combining flavors of rice and corn). La Bandera, is the national dish of the Dominican Republic, and consists of white rice, kidney beans and meat (usually chicken or pork, but could also be beef or fish) cooked in a tomato sauce. Desserts are loved there, from fried doughs and fruits - buñelos and tostones (fried plantains) to cakes.

 

What this country is famous for: Baseball is huge, and tons of players come to the US from Dominican to play, as well as the traditional, fast paced dance, the Merengue, which was developed there.

 

Tourist destinations & photos: Dominican Republic is loved for its beautiful beaches. Hotels, resorts, and beach side towns like Punta Cana and Samana would be amazing to visit.

 

Any connections on how the products of the country are tied to the practices or perspectives of the people who live there: One precious stone called Lairmar, mined and only found on Dominican, contributes to their jewelry trade, and is used as a healing stone for meditation and spiritual healing both in the country and around the world.

The picture is Punta Cana.

3.Luis Arce es presidente de Bolivia 

4. Los bolivianos nativos son indígenas en Bolivia. 

5. Los alimentos populares de Bolivia son el silpancho, yuca, sonso, humintas, sándwich de chola, cuanape, etc. 

6. Bolivia es famosa por sus escamas de sal más altas. 

7. El salar de uyuni, La paz, el lago Titicaca y Sucre son los destinos más populares de Bolivia.

Imports include machinery, food and fuel products.

Exports include refined fuels, sugar, tobacco, nickel and pharmaceuticals.

The president of Cuba is Miguel Díaz-Canel.

The Taíno people are the indiginous people of Cuba. Many people did not know that they are still present, but they are very much there and alive. 

Some popular foods are Ropa Vieja, Masitas, and Tostones.

Cuba is famous for its beaches, cigars, cars and music

Tourist destinations include, Old Havana, Varadero beach, Trinidad and Parque Nacional Viñales

How what Cuba imports and exports connects to daily life there. 

As Cuba Exports a lot of Tobacco it makes sense that the Country is famous for its cigars. Cuba has grown SugarCane for a long time; it was originally grown in slave-based plantations. The successfulness of sugarcane relied on the successfulness of slave-based plantations. Cubas demand for agricultural machinery has grown which has made it so they import more machinery.