Politics in the D.R

[cobraboy]

You guys make a good point, however for such a political topic perhaps one of the most benign and apolitical as education, somebody, anybody should speak out about it in whatever forum presents itself. There will not be a better future of this country without investing in education.

True. The Japanese Ambassador should lecture them on the topic of edumacation...

 

[Chirimoya]

Isn't it a tradition for an outgoing ambassador to make a few blunt and undiplomatic comments just before they leave a country? I remember a few years ago when the Italian ambassador saying something about hygiene standards needing to improve for the sake of the tourist industry, as well as the US ambassador and the head of USAID making those critical statements about education. The Spanish ambassador, in contrast, hasn't waited for her stint here to end and has gone head to head with the authorities on a number of issues.