La Trinitaria (Dominican Republic) La Trinitaria (Dominican Republic) La Trinitaria (, "The Trinity") was a secret society founded in Juan Pablo Duarte's home situated in what today is known as Arzobispo Nouel Street, across from the "Del Carmen's Church" in the then occupied Santo Domingo, the current capital of the Dominican Republic. The founder, Juan Pablo Duarte and a group of like minded young people, led the struggle to establish the Dominican Republic as a free, sovereign, and independent nation in the 19th century. They helped bring about the end of the Haitian occupation of the island from 1822 to 1844. La Trinitaria was
Salcedo, Dominican Republic Dominican Republic due to the Youtube video with an unusual request from the listener of a local radio station to play a song with the words "Essos son Reebok o son Nike" (meaning actually "Are they Reebok or Nike?"). Salcedo, Dominican Republic Salcedo is the capital city of the Hermanas Mirabal Province in the Dominican Republic. It is famous for being the birthplace of the Dominican heroines, the Mirabal sisters who gave their lives in the struggle against the dictator Rafael Trujillo. There is a museum in the town, Ojo de Agua (lit. Water Eye but also spring) commemorating three