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For those who might think that the U.S. has no pull in the DR:

The U.S. Government gave a total of $70,470,667 to Dominican Republic in 2012:

The aid was broken down in the following manner:
Economic
›Child Survival and Health: $38,970
›Development Assistance: $16,067,774
›Economic Support Fund/Security Support Assistance: $4,616,892
›Global Health and Child Survival: $16,385,003
›Global HIV/AIDS Initiative: $283,957
›Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related: $483,699
›Other Active Grant Programs: $1,960,130
›Other Food Aid Programs: $15,141,929
›Other State Assistance: $25,000
›Other USAID Assistance: $-32,937
›Other USDA Assistance: $4,100
›Peace Corps: $3,670,190