Anyone in La Romana can tell us about the royal wedding (Luis Alfonso de Borbon and Maria Margarita Vargas Santaella) taking place there today (Sat 6 Nov) at 7 pm? From what I understand, La Romana was chosen because the parents of the bride have a house there and it was middle ground between Spain and Venezuela.
I would speculate that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is attending the wedding -- although this was not on his official agenda for his visit (which only specified he would sign the oil agreement with the Dominican government and inaugurate the Plaza Bolivar). But, reading on the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, the father of the bride Victor Vargas is president of the Banco Occidental de Venezuela, one of the financial entities with which the government of President Hugo Chavez works. Reportedly, the bank is the third most important in the country, and the father is also known for his petroleum, financial, investment portfolio, real estate, farm operations, according to El Mundo.
Reportedly, some 1,000 VIP guests have come from the wedding.
I would speculate that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is attending the wedding -- although this was not on his official agenda for his visit (which only specified he would sign the oil agreement with the Dominican government and inaugurate the Plaza Bolivar). But, reading on the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, the father of the bride Victor Vargas is president of the Banco Occidental de Venezuela, one of the financial entities with which the government of President Hugo Chavez works. Reportedly, the bank is the third most important in the country, and the father is also known for his petroleum, financial, investment portfolio, real estate, farm operations, according to El Mundo.
Reportedly, some 1,000 VIP guests have come from the wedding.
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. I am SO glad this wedding is over today, because if the planning dragged on one more instant I think I was going to lose it. But everything looks like it will go off without a hitch!