Gonzalo Castillo / Kevin Javier/Diario Libre
Former Minister of Public Works and presidential candidate for the former ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) Gonzalo Castillo marked the difference during the hearing for pre-trial measures on Tuesday, 21 March 2023 by not wearing a face mask and smiling confidently for the press to see. He became the social media trending topic for the day.
In 2019, Gonzalo Castillo was accused by investigative journalists Marino Zapete, Alicia Ortega and Edith Febles of irregularly managing billions in asphalt purchases before his becoming the presidential candidate for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) into the 2020 general elections. Castillo would lose to incumbent President Luis Abinader, primarily with the vote of those who sought an end to impunity in the PLD governments.
Gonzalo Castillo is a businessman whose businesses boomed during the Danilo...
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