新任总统梅迪纳就职一年以来，在经济、社会与外交领域展开多项改革，获得了广泛的支持，反观最大的反对党——革命党，内部斗争仍未停歇。在经济方面，2013年多米尼加GDP增速下降，政府将重点放在了财税改革上，财政赤字占GDP的比重较2012年有所下降；在社会方面，犯罪问题成了民众最关注的问题，新政府为此颁布了新的综合安全法案，但贫困与失业并未得到缓解，公共卫生形势严峻；在外交领域，2013年的多米尼加并未保持以往的活跃态势，而是采取了更为务实的态度。
President Danilo Medina enjoyed a remarkable popularity since he took office in August 2012. The PRD，the largest opposition party，fell into internal chaos. The Medina government has conducted several important reforms in 2013 including finance，public security，and the immigrant policy. In 2013，the GDP increased by 3.0% and the financial deficit decreased to 2.8% of GDP. Public security was still a major concern，forcing the government to take strong measures to fight crime. The poverty and unemployment rates remained to be high. Diplomatically it was confronting challenges from the worsening relations with Haiti as a result of disputes over trade and immigrant issues.
