In the Andean highlands, holding a cup of this steaming infusion is simply a harmless remedy for altitude sickness, a tradition used for centuries. But there is an uncomfortable truth hovering over this small cup: from these same leaves…
If you ask anyone outside the Dominican Republic to imagine a piece of amber, the first thing that will come to mind is Baltic amber. They will picture warm honey-coloured beads, jewellery in European antique shops or fragments washed up on northern beaches after a storm.
On 26 May 1994, two of the biggest surnames in music history were joined in marriage in the Dominican Republic. Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, married Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of…
The story no one told you about baseball, soccer and the empires that decided your favourite sport. By Alec Corday | Kiskeya Life. On 19 July 2026, Spain defeated Argentina 1–0 in the 2026 World Cup final, played at the New Jersey stadium,…
There is no shortage of Caribbean stories. Spend a morning looking through the region’s newspapers, radio sites and independent publications…
On June 27, 2026, something many in the Dominican gaming community had been waiting years for finally happened: for the first time in the country’s history, video games and esports had their own gala night.
Poets say—those incurable romantics who are sometimes right by pure accident—that Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are the two wings of a bird. It sounds idyllic, almost like a tourism postcard funded by some ministry. But if we set aside the corporate cynicism of Caribbean marketing and scratch a little at the surface lacquer, you realize the metaphor is not a geopolitical exaggeration. It is a visceral reality. We share the same relentless sun, the same tropical storms that sweep across maps with equal indifference, and a way of understanding existence that defies any manual of continental logic.
On May 26, 1994, two of the biggest surnames in music history were joined in marriage in the Dominican Republic. Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, married Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of…
Did you know that bullfights still take place in the Dominican Republic? For hundreds of years, this tradition was a fundamental part of the country’s cultural life, from Santo Domingo to Santiago and from La Vega to the eastern part of the island. The…
Have you ever felt a song embrace your soul? That is exactly what the bolero does. This musical genre is pure feeling transformed into melody. Although many people immediately think of Cuba or Mexico when boleros are mentioned, the Dominican Republic…