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In the America's with David Yetman
Dominican Republic: Of Baseball, Whales, and Limping Devils
Season 6
Episode 607
The Dominican Republic has survived a troubled history of dictators and intervention from the north. Now it is a hotbed of baseball, a hotspot for viewing humpbacked whales, and home to one of the liveliest carnivals anywhere, the best place to view diablos cojuelos—limping devils—on parade: the Carnival of La Vega.
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