dominican republic is the second leading economy in the Caribbean and has close diplomatic ties to Brazil, shown by the many dominican presidents who have visited Brazil since the early 2000s - The country is also a preferred vacation spot for brazilians, who constitute a large number of the country's south american visitors.

many educational opportunities have been opened for individuals from the dominican republic to study in brasil, and since the 1960s groups of students from this country journey to Brazil through an educational exchange program initiated by the brasil-dominican republic cultural agreement of 1942 - educational exchange continues to happen up until today with students from both countries participating in undergraduate and graduate programs within student agreements.