Dominican Republic Political Violence and Demonstration Event Counts

Aggregated weekly counts of political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events in the Dominican Republic, produced by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). The data is organized into country-year and country-month summaries to facilitate longitudinal analysis of domestic instability. These records are updated weekly to reflect the most recent reported incidents.

Use Cases

• Analyzing annual trends in civilian-targeting events
• Correlating monthly demonstration counts with political cycles
• Comparing political violence frequency across different years

Strengths

• Expert-curated by ACLED
• Weekly update frequency
• Standardized event categories for political violence and demonstrations

Limitations

• Aggregated format hides specific event locations and precise dates
• Full granular data requires external registration on the ACLED website
• Small geographic scope limited to a single country

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Expert-curated monitoring and aggregation

Freshness

Updated weekly as of March 2026.

Geography

Dominican Republic