Dominican-Portuguese relations

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The Dominican-Portuguese relations include intergovernmental relations between the Dominican Republic and Portugal . They have had diplomatic relations since 1883.

Relationships are good, but not very intense. They are determined by bilateral trade and Portuguese tourism to the Caribbean country. The countries are partners in a number of multilateral organizations; In particular , there are contacts in the Ibero-America summit , but also in the Latin Union and the various UN organizations , among others. a.

In 2016, 136 Dominican citizens were registered in Portugal, 31 of them in the Lisbon district . In 2010, 263 people were registered in the Portuguese consulate in the Dominican capital, Santo Domingo .

history

The island of Hispaniola , which is now the Dominican Republic, was discovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus for Spain. According to the Treaty of Tordesillas , the islands fell into the Spanish sphere, so that afterwards no relations with Portugal were established.

With the flight of the Jewish Marranos from Portugal at the beginning of the 16th century, many of these Sephardi went to Northern Europe. Groups of these Sephardic communities also migrated to the Caribbean in batches, especially in the 17th century. This is how Portuguese Marranos came to Hispaniola. The Dominican town of Sosúa traces its history back to the settlement of the Spehard.

The heads of state at the 19th Ibero-American summit in Portugal in 2009

In 1865 the Dominican Republic finally gained independence. Under the dictator Ulises Heureaux , the country entered into direct diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Portugal in 1883 , which remained unchanged even after the Republic of Portugal was proclaimed in 1910.

After the first extraordinary accreditation of a Portuguese diplomat in the Dominican Republic in 1947, a regular Portuguese ambassador was accredited there for the first time in 1957, in the person of Alberto Carlos Liz-Teixeira Branquinho , Portugal's Ministro Plenipotenciário in Venezuela.

Portugal opened its own embassy in the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo in 1971, but closed it again in 1973. Since then, the country has again belonged to the administrative district of the Portuguese embassy in Caracas .

With the establishment of the regular Ibero-American summits from 1991 onwards, relations between Portugal and the Dominican Republic also continued to improve.

diplomacy

Portugal does not have its own embassy in the Dominican Republic, the country belongs to the administrative district of the Portuguese embassy in Mexico.

There is a Portuguese honorary consulate in the Dominican capital, Santo Domingo .

The Dominican Republic has an embassy in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon. It is located at 35 Avenida do Campo Grande , in the municipality of Alvalade .

There is also a Dominican consulate in Ponta Delgada on the Azores Islands .

economy

Portucel Soporcel's paper mill in Setúbal : Paper and cardboard are Portugal's most important export goods, ahead of glassware, to the Dominican Republic, from where shoes and clothing in particular are exported to Portugal.

The Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP does not have a branch in the Dominican Republic, the AICEP office in Mexico City is responsible.

In 2016, Portugal exported goods worth 18.872 million euros to the Dominican Republic ( 2015 : 16.961 million; 2014 : 11.661 million; 2013 : 12.960 million; 2012 : 15.064 million), of which 24.0% were paper and Cellulose, 23.8% minerals and ores, 10.1% machines and devices, 8.9% wood and cork, and 7.1% chemical-pharmaceutical products.

In the same period, the Dominican Republic exported goods worth 1.643 million euros to Portugal ( 2015 : 8.305 million; 2014 : 17.482 million; 2013 : 18.616 million; 2012 : 2.035 million), of which 33.7% were shoes , 25.0% clothing, 13.7% hides and leather, 5.9% minerals and ores, and 4.8% textiles.

In terms of Portuguese foreign trade, the Dominican Republic was 83rd among buyers and 125th among suppliers, while in the Dominican Republic's foreign trade, Portugal ranked 60th as a buyer and 48th as a supplier.

Web links

Commons : Dominican-Portuguese Relations  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Overview of diplomatic relations with the Dominican Republic at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on May 4, 2019
  2. ↑ Official Portuguese Aliens Statistics by District , Portuguese Aliens and Borders Authority SEF, accessed on January 2, 2018
  3. ↑ Portuguese website on Dominican-Portuguese migration (Table A.3), accessed January 2, 2018
  4. ↑ Christian-Jewish Relations: Marranos, Conversos & New Christians , article in the Jewish Virtual Library , accessed on December 31, 2017
  5. ↑ Fernando Cristóvão (Ed.): Dicionário Temático da Lusofonia. Texto Editores, Lisbon / Luanda / Praia / Maputo 2006 ( ISBN 972-47-2935-4 ), p. 58
  6. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in the Dominican Republic ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed January 10, 2018 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / idi.mne.pt
  7. ↑ Diplomatic-consular contacts of Portugal in the Dominican Republic , travel advice from the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on January 2, 2018
  8. ↑ Contact details on the website of the Dominican embassy in Lisbon (Spanish), accessed on January 2, 2018
  9. ^ Entry of the Dominican embassy in Lisbon on www.embaixadas.net, accessed on January 2, 2018
  10. ^ Entry by the Dominican consulate in Ponta Delgada on www.embaixadas.net, accessed on January 2, 2018
  11. ↑ a b c Bilateral economic relations between Portugal and the Dominican Republic , Excel file retrieval from the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP, accessed on January 2, 2018