The book “Quisqueya: a country in the world” (“Quisqueya: un país en el mundo) shows the true interpretation of the ideas of Juan Pablo Duarte regarding the name of the country and the name of the island this country shares with Haiti.  Thus, the false use of “Dominican” as a national identity.

Once these ideas are clear to you, the reader, we ask for your contribution to the Project in many ways and forms to help us attain the following goals:

-Amend the Constitution of the Dominican Republic to Insert “Quisqueya” as the name of the country;

-Induce Haiti to amend her Constitution to Insert “Saint Domingue” as the name of the island in the Constitution of Haiti;

-Educate the people that “Dominican” is not a national identity and that “Quisqueyan” is their true and valid one, as suggested by Juan Pablo Duarte in 1861.

-Stop the project to name the country “Dominicana” as part of a plan being implemented by the government since 2006, with public funds.

Your help may be in the form of advice, product purchase, membership, sponsorship and donations to the different programs shown from time to time on the site http://www.quisqueya.name.

-We are a group of people with a desire to correct historical and political mistakes dating back to 1804 regarding the name of the island occupied by Haiti and Quisqueya.  We come from a variety of social and ethnic background and residing in different countries in the world, including the Dominican Republic of Quisqueya. 

We all share the same our love for the Island of Santo Domingo, as well as for our respective countries  and want that a solution to those mistakes are resolved as soon as possible for the generations to come.

It is our pledge to continue this Project until every one of its goals are attained and with your help, we’re sure this will be accomplished.

Become part of us by join the list of clients, members, sponsors, donors or just by assisting in those programs that fit your will and desire.  You can even start a project yourself that we will support as long as it is based on the same grounds as ours.

Santo Domingo is a beautiful island, full of excitement and history with over twenty million people that share it in two different ethnic and cultural countries and this should stay that way.

Our ultimate goal is that those two countries are able to coexist in peace and prosperity one next to the other.

-There are about two hundred families in Collier County, which ethnic roots come from the Dominican Republic.  They mostly gather around a social club, Dominican Club of Naples, to celebrate holidays and anniversaries to match those celebrated in their homeland, the more significant being their Independence Day Celebration which falls on February 27 of each year.

In the Unites States of America there are over two million nationals from the Dominican Republic; they identify themselves as Dominicans.  New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Florida hold most of the so call Dominicans, New York being the most populated.  In these States, excluding Florida, there are more than two hundred “Dominican-Americans” elected officials to different levels of government, including the Justice Department.

The City of Miami declares the week of February 19-25 as the “Dominican Republic Independence Week” and several events are scheduled to highlight cultural contribution to the community.  There are major parades in cities like Manhattan, NY; Providence, RI; Paterson, NJ; etc.

On February 25 and 26 this year, there will be two important events organized by this ethnic group in Naples, Florida.

The presentation of a book, written in Spanish by one of its members, Cosme E. Perez, which is entitled “Quisqueya: a country in the world” (“Quisqueya: un país en el mundo”), that claims that the name of this country should be Dominican Republic of Quisqueya and that their national identity should be Quisqueyans and not that of Dominicans, since this last identity is based on the common and  legal name of the Island of Saint Dominique (Santo Domingo), which is shared with the “Dominican” Republic of Haiti.

This presentation will take place on the 25th of February at the Hampton Inn Naples I-75, starting with a breakfast and book presentation from 9am to 11am; then from 12 noon to 2pm a Press Conference about the book and its relation to the Independence Day of the Dominican Republic of Quisqueya; and from 2pm until 6pm there will be a networking event with screen presentation of movies, tourist videos and other celebration performances. This event is open to the general public and the media.

On February 26, Sunday, the Dominican Club of Naples will continue the celebration with a festival at one of its member’s place in the Golden Gate Estates area with a program that starts at 3pm.  Food and Music originated in the Dominican Republic will delight the public.  As in the February 25th all day event, this is also open to the general public and the media.

BIO

My name is Cosme E. Perez, the author of the book.  I have served the community as a member of the Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board of the County Commission from 2006-2010; I am the organizer of the Hispanic participation in the Columbus Day Parade in Golden Gate City for the Knights of Columbus since 2004; I am also member of one of the teams for free vision screening of the Lions Club of Naples and Founder and first president of the Dominican Club of Naples, which President is now Dr. Sonia Rocha.