25 August – The Dominican Republic is the only member of the United Nations Security Council to support an effort by the United States to "snap back" sanctions against Iran.[13]
31 August – Authorities break up a gang that falsified Spanish passports to facilitate emigration.[14]
†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.
#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlanticoceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.
