U6L2: La República Dominicana Clara Ledesma: Dominican painter, pieces have a magical or dreamlike quality, used bright colors and striking figures

Merengue: lively style of music and dance, considered symbol of the D.R.-uses maracas, accordion, sax, drums, güiro Festival del Merengue: every summer in Santo Domingo for 10 days-music, parades, arts & craft fairs, cart races, variety of Dominican foods

Félix Sánchez: 400m hurdler, born in U.S. but runs for the D.R., wore his 4th place bracelet 4 years until winning gold medal at '04 Olympics-first ever gold medal for D.R., national hero

Daniela Larreal: Venezuelan cyclist, has won many medals in the Bolivian games, World Cup, and competed in the Olympics