Once hailed as “The Paris of the Caribbean” the city of San Pedro de Macoris (SPM) was established in 1822 and became one of the major producers of sugar, molasses, bovine cattle, rum, and Major League Baseball players. In the mid-1800s Cuban immigrants threatened by a slave revolt and their own war of independence, settled
San Pedro de Macoris: a physician’s photojournal originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
