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Input (English): Context_1 : La Sonora Dinamita is a Colombian musical group that plays cumbia, a South and Latin American music genre popular throughout Latin America. As one of the first cumbia groups to reach international success, it is credited with helping to popularize the genre throughout Latin America, and the world. Context_2 : Hispanic Americans and Latino Americans (Spanish: "hispanos" ; ] ) are people in the United States of America who are descendants of the Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries of Latin America and Spain. It is the largest population of Latino Americans and Hispanics outside of Latin America. More generally, it includes all persons in the United States who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino, whether of full or partial ancestry. For the 2010 United States Census, people counted as "Hispanic" or "Latino" were those who identified as one of the specific Hispanic or Latino categories listed on the census questionnaire ("Mexican," "Puerto Rican," or "Cuban") as well as those who indicated that they were "other Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino." The national origins classified as Hispanic or Latino by the United States Census Bureau are the following: Spanish, Argentine, Cuban, Colombian, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Dominican, Costa Rican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Nicaraguan, Panamanian, Salvadoran, Bolivian, Chilean, Ecuadorian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Uruguayan, and Venezuelan. Other U.S. government agencies have slightly different definitions of the term, including Brazilians and other Portuguese-speaking groups. The Census Bureau uses the terms Hispanic and Latino interchangeably. Context_3 : Merengue is a type of music and dance originating in the Dominican Republic, which has become a very popular genre throughout Latin America, and also in several major cities in the United States which have Hispanic communities. Context_4 : Falangism in Latin America has been a feature of political life since the 1930s as movements looked to the national syndicalist Clerical fascism of the Spanish State and sought to apply it to other Spanish-speaking countries. From the mid 1930s the "Falange Exterior", effectively an overseas version of the Spanish Falange, was active throughout Latin America in order to drum up support among Hispanic communities. However the ideas would soon permeate into indigenous political groups. Context_5 : Boomerang is a 24-hour cable television channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System, a unit of Time Warner broadcasting throughout Latin America. Initially it was focused an older audience, airing classical Hanna-Barbera cartoons, emulating the US variant of the channel. However, in 2006 it was rebranded as the Latin American version of POGO, an Indian children-oriented channel. Two years later, in 2008 it was rebranded again with its own original graphics and programming, appealing to a teen-oriented audience, featuring original and syndicated series and movies. It had also aired music clips and concert specials, under the "Boombox" block. The channel currently focuses on kids programming again, as it was rebranded on 28 September 2014 with a new logo, graphics and schedule. Context_6 : Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America is a book by John Charles Chasteen, professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chasteen covers the history of Latin America from 1492 to the present with an integrative approach that follows a chronological framework. The book is divided into chapters that address themes that were common throughout Latin America, such as colonialism, independence, progress, neocolonialism, nationalism, and revolution. Other themes that frequently come up in the book include issues of race, ethnicity, and class as well as the formation of republics. A timeline is provided at the beginning of the book; and various maps, photographs, and images are used throughout the book. "Born in Blood and Fire" was originally published by W. W. Norton and Company in 2001. Three other editions have been published since, the most recent in 2016. Later editions include updates and expansion of colonialism, nationalism, the Cuban Revolution, and current political and economic issues. W. W. Norton and Company published Chasteen’s companion reader entitled "Born in Blood and Fire: Latin American Voices" in 2011. This book includes narratives from a variety of sources that illustrate life in Latin America during the last six centuries. Many of these excerpts from books, essays, and newspaper articles were translated by Chasteen. Other books by the author include "Americanos: Latin America’s Struggle for Independence", "Heroes on Horseback: A Life and Times of the Last Gaucho Caudillos", and "National Rhythms, African Roots: The Deep History of Latin American Popular Dance". Chasteen is also known for his translation of Tulio Halperin Donghi’s "The Contemporary History of Latin America". Context_7 : HispanicTV is a Latin American cable television channel that broadcasts Hispanic music videos. It is owned by Turner Broadcasting System Latin America and is available in the United States, Latin America and Europe. It is a 24-hour all-Spanish-language television music channel providing a mix of old and new hit music videos. Its format includes Balada, salsa, merengue and other popular Latin rhythms, introduced by the artists themselves in place of vee jays. HTV is broadcast from all Spanish speaking countries. Context_8 : Cartoon Network Latin America (Spanish: "Cartoon Network Latinoamérica" ) (Portuguese: "Cartoon Network América Latina" ) is a satellite and cable television channel distributed by Time Warner for the Latin American audience and the Caribbean. Its the Latin American version of original Cartoon Network television channel in the United States. It is divided into six feeds, all originating from its central headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, United States; four are in Spanish (Mexico, Argentina, Chile/Peru, Colombia/Venezuela), one is in Portuguese, and another feed aimed at the Caribbean is only in English. The feeds have different schedules. Context_9 : Disney Channel is a cable television channel and an edition of The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney Channel, broadcasting throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. It is available as five different feeds, each with different programming schedules and timings. It is mostly marketed to children; however, in recent years the diversity of viewers has expanded to include an older audience. Disney Channel is operated by Disney & ESPN Media Networks Latin America and The Walt Disney Company Latin America, which are owned by The Walt Disney Company (). It started broadcasting in 2000 as a premium channel and it became a basic cable channel in 2004. Context_10 : Cumbia ] is a dance-oriented music genre popular throughout Latin America. It began as a courtship dance practiced among the African population on the Caribbean coasts of Colombia and Panama. It later mixed with Amerindian and European instruments, steps and musical characteristics and spread throughout Latin America and abroad. While other genres of Latin American music have remained associated with specific countries or regions, cumbia has grown to be one of the most widespread and unifying musical genres to emerge from Latin America. fact_1 :  Its format includes Balada, salsa, merengue and other popular Latin rhythms, introduced by the artists themselves in place of vee jays. HTV is broadcast from all Spanish speaking countries. fact_2 : Merengue is a type of music and dance originating in the Dominican Republic, which has become a very popular genre throughout Latin America, and also in several major cities in the United States which have Hispanic communities. Question: HispanicTV is a Latin American cable television channel that broadcasts Hispanic music videos, its format includes Merengue, a type of music and dance originating in which country, which has become a very popular genre throughout Latin America, and also in several major cities in the United States which have Hispanic communities?
Output (English): Dominican Republic