DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

There is concern regarding would-be wasteful spending in advertising by the Abinader administration. Participacion Ciudadana reports that the Abinader administration dramatically ramped up its advertising spending in 2024, an election year, increasing it six-fold compared to the previous year. There has only been a slight reduction in 2025, keeping the propaganda levels still higher than the already increased 2023.

This surge, highlighted by a new report from Participación Ciudadana, the Dominican chapter of Transparency International, has ignited concerns about the use of public funds as thinly veiled political patronage.

Participación Ciudadana’s analysis reveals that government advertising spending reached historic figures, jumping from RD$491 million in the first four months of 2023 to a staggering RD$3.12 billion in the same period of 2024. While the figure saw a decrease...