what currency does the dominican republic?
Dominican peso
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 The Dominican Republic had its second war for independence in 1844 , which was successful in obtaining independence from Haiti . Spain reannexed the country at the request of its then @-@ dictator , Gen. Pedro Santana ( who attempted to benefit personally from the event ) , in 1861 . A third revolt , the War of Restoration , sought independence from the Spanish in 1863 . Its leaders used Haiti as a guerrilla base , since the Haitian government feared a Spanish takeover and the restoration of slavery in the occupied territories , and was thus sympathetic to their cause . Their stronghold , however , was the Cibao valley in the northeastern part of Hispaniola . 

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 Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit declared August 19 , 2007 to be a national day of prayer and thanks @-@ giving . The destruction of 546 residences forced approximately 1 @,@ 000 people into 100 shelters . A USAID disaster specialist liaised with the Dominican Office of Disaster Management and arraigned for assistance to the order of US $ 60 @,@ 648 of relief supplies and $ 25 @,@ 000 of Emergency Shelter supplies . 

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 Americas : Bolivia , Dominican Republic , El Salvador , Haiti , Honduras , Mexico , Peru , US 

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 The Euro has been used as a trading currency in Cuba since 1998 , and Syria since 2006 . There are also various currencies pegged to the euro ( see below ) . In 2009 , Zimbabwe abandoned its local currency and used major currencies instead , including the euro and the United States dollar . 

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 Cuba and Venezuela were the founding members of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas ( ALBA ) . ALBA sought to redistribute wealth evenly throughout member countries , to protect the region 's agriculture , and to oppose economic liberalization and privatization . ALBA 's origins lay in a December 2004 agreement signed between the two countries , and was formalized through a People 's Trade Agreement also signed by Evo Morales ' Bolivia in April 2006 . Castro had also been calling for greater Caribbean integration since the late 1990s , saying that only strengthened cooperation between Caribbean countries would prevent their domination by rich nations in a global economy . Cuba has opened four additional embassies in the Caribbean Community including : Antigua and Barbuda , Dominica , Suriname , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines . This development makes Cuba the only country to have embassies in all independent countries of the Caribbean Community . 
