There are laws in the books on compulsory school attendance, but they haven't been enforced since Trujillo's regime. In rural Azua major problems are lack of infrastructure, lack of requisite clothing (shoes, uniforms), and transportation (including parents' inability afford public transportation for their children). As of yesterday, the school of Las Lomas de Azua (built with funds from the ngo Plan International) turned away many students for lack of desks...