DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

More than 200 social and environmental organizations have formed a unified front to demand the immediate and permanent cancellation of all mining projects in the Cordillera Central, Cordillera Septentrional, and Bahoruco Oriental. During a press conference held at the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) headquarters, the coalition warned that concessions granted to foreign corporations (including GoldQuest, Unigold, and Belfond) threaten the nation’s water security, agricultural viability, and tourism industry.

The mobilization coincides with the 61st anniversary of the April 24 Revolution. Leaders of the movement issued a call for mass protests, rejecting government policies they claim force the poor, the working class, and the middle class to shoulder the burden of the global economic crisis and international conflicts while favoring national oligarchies and...