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If I had known …

If I had known …
I will do it again !
April 2013 : I had 2 choices for my 8-months internship
- Shanghai, Logistics, Oxylane, Big Company, 5 friends going there
- Santo Domingo, Business Development, ChocoMuseo, Start-Up, I knew no one who had been there
As you read in my previous articles, I chose Santo Domingo, the …

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Chocolate is trendy, what else ?

I present the Start-Up where I worked in a previous article, so why making local natural chocolate is a success ?
Chocolate is TRENDY – DELICIOUS – can be DAILY or a LUXE – Chocolate is all over the world !
This is an article filled of informations about cocoa and chocolate that I discovered during …

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“Gracias a Dios.”

YES, Being a white working woman non-believer doing studies and not-crazy-of-beauty-stuff can be an obstacle to our integration in a South Developing Country.
 
♦ White woman working
It is hard to explain the reality but if you have been in any South or Latin Country you will understand me quickly. It can seem like stereotypes but it …

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The Europeans’ disappeared smiles are here !

Smiling and free courtesy is a good practice we are losing in France.
I come from the North of France, I have always lived and studied there. A famous quote about this part of France said : “The North people have the Sun they do not have in the sky in their heart”.
Now I can …

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ChocoMuseo : Using the local wealth …

Making chocolate where cacao grows … The business concept of the Start-Up is down-to-earth but unique and innovating !
Make the producing countries of cacao become producing and making countries of chocolate products .
ChocoMuseo is present in South America (Nicaragua, Guatemala, Peru and Dominican Republic). I will speak about the two sites in Dominican …

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Lucky Dominican Republic ?

“Wikipedia” Part
I don’t want to do wikipedia.org. I will just give few key figures in order to describe after my feelings about the country and how the Dominicans feel about it.
Geography – Hispaniola Island
Hispaniola is a part of the Caribbean region. The island is divided in two nations : Haiti (the western third) and …

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It is Santo Domingo not the Caribbean !

The internship i got
I have the internship I want : A management mission for the opening of a new ChocoMuseo
In the continent I want : South America
In a spanish spoken counrty : Dominican Republic
Since the 15th April, I know that  I am going to Santo Domingo for my 8-month internship and I know …

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