Head for heights | Round Trip By Caribbean Beat | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) There’s nothing like the thrill of a higher perspective, far above the ground — from ziplining to rock-climbing to floating in a hot-air balloon. Get ready to soar
No money, no love By Jonathan Ali | Issue 135 (September/October 2015) Laura Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas, partners in life and in filmmaking, tell intimate stories with a lyrical touch. Their latest film, exploring sex tourism in the Dominican Republic, is a step towards something even more ambitious, writes Jonathan Ali
Bookshelf (March/April 2002) By James Ferguson and Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 54 (March/April 2002) New books from and about the Caribbean
Leticia Tonos: love story By Jonathan Ali | Issue 129 (September/October 2014) With her second feature film, the romantic tale Cristo Rey, director Leticia Tonos tackles the long, fraught relationship between the Domincan Republic and its neighbour Haiti. As Jonathan Ali explains, the filmmaker is no stranger to tough subjects
Stand apart: Kristy Collado By Alia Michele Orane | Issue 129 (September/October 2014) DR designer Kristy Collado crafts distinctive unisex jewellery for her Chejo line
Walking With the Conquerors in the Dominican Republic By James Ferguson | Issue 44 (July/August 2000) The Dominican Republic's capital is a modern Caribbean hot spot with all the noise and excitement of a big city, but a few steps away is the old colonial quarter, where some of the oldest buildings in the Americas still stand. James Ferguson reports on Santo Domingo, a city of startling contrasts
Tough Love: Drown by Junot Diaz By James Ferguson | Issue 43 (May/June 2000) James Ferguson on Drown by Junot Diaz, the 1997 collection of short stories praised for its gritty, dispassionate look at the lives of immigrants from the Dominican Republic in the US
Tourism drive in the Dominican Republic By David Pye | Issue 95 (January/February 2009) David Pye offers a sneak preview of the new luxury resorts of the Dominican Republic
Rescued by racism By James Ferguson | Issue 94 (November/December 2008) When Germany’s Jews decided to flee the Nazi onslaught in November 1938, they found refuge in the Dominican Republic...
Junot Díaz: the wao factor By Jonathan Ali | Issue 93 (September/October 2008) Nearly a decade after his first novel, Junot Díaz produced a book that made him a celebrity and won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
The Man Who Wanted to be a Horse By Simon Lee | Issue 59 (January/February 2003) In search of true merengueismo, Simon Lee visits the Dominican Republic, and finds a kind of magical realism alive and kicking in the Caribbean
Unravelling the Great Dictator, Rafael Trujillo By James Ferguson | Issue 57 (September/October 2002) In The Feast of the Goat, Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa takes on Rafael Trujillo, one of the Caribbean’s most notorious dictators. James Ferguson explains why this novel, published in 2000, has already become a classic
The shot at the mercy gate By James Ferguson | Issue 125 (January/February 2014) Juan Pablo Duarte’s progressive vision for the Dominican Republic sparked the February 1844 insurrection. But, as James Ferguson recounts, it was quickly thwarted by the forces of history
The taste of home: Christmas recipes from the Dominican Republic By Clara Gonzalez | Issue 124 (November/December 2013) In the Dominican Republic, Christmas is time for a feast. But how do you recreate the taste of home when you’re far away? Clara Gonzalez gets creative
Massacre River of blood By James Ferguson | Issue 117 (September/October 2012) James Ferguson recalls the 1937 tragedy of the Massacre River, a bloody day in the histories of Haiti and the Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo: boss of a banana republic By James Ferguson | Issue 109 (May/June 2011) The rule of Rafael Trujillo was a dark time for the Dominican Republic. James Ferguson remembers the man who called himself “The Benefactor”
Columbus’ Cross By Larry Luxner | Issue 10 (Summer 1994) Larry Luxner visits the giant Columbus Lighthouse in the Dominican Republic
Wish you were there By Michele Agostini | Issue 64 (November/December 2003) BWIA has just introduced three new Latin American destinations: Cuba, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.
