Will Hippo be re-elected?

Robert

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If they can get enough funds out of the middle class to buy enough of the poor votes, I would say yes.
 
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Pending changes in the constitution would allow the incumbent Mejia to win with a plurality (i.e. less than a majority) of the vote in the first round of elections. His party, the PRD, maitains about 40% popularity. There are two other main parties. This means that Mejia will be reelected unless those two "opposition" parties - the PRSC and PLD - unify on a single presidential candidate (former president Leonel Fernandez) prior to the first round of elections. This is very unlikely to happen. So unlikely, in fact, that the PRSC may seek to continue it's less than satisfactory alliance with the PRD in exchange for valuable political favors instead.

Ironically, the PRD is the "leftist" party and the PRSC the "rightist" party. But in the DR, none of that matters. They are both really populist and syndicalist with no real political philosophy.
 

jose?to

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Short and to the point, Porfirio.

BTW, have you read the Vanity Fair article on the Dominican playboy?
 
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Vanity Fair

I missed that article. I'll have to look for back copies. Porfirio and I, you know, we have a lot in common.
 
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Porfirio's already dead. In 1965 he drove his Ferrari into a tree in the south of France at 125 mph. Alas, life must go on without him and his "asset".
 

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I gotta agree with Rob on this one........that's been a major problem in DR politics! Too many people willing to sell their future for a bottle of rum or 100 pesos!
 

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I was talking about the current situation with a Dominican friend at the gym yesterday. I told him I couldn't understand why the people didn't do something about the corruption and poor performance by the government. He said that everyone knows about it and is upset, but that nobody wants to make a serious effort to change things because they hope that some day they will have their chance to make a bundle.
 

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I am now looking at the possibility that this "government" will not make it to 2004. I am "discusted" and disgusted. This latest devaluation of the peso, that peso I once knew and loved at 1-1, is now over the 23.50 mark....That means that in the PRD government, the people have lost 33% of their buying power. A 7% increase in bureaucratic salaries? Why? It won't solve anything.
In fact, it won't even help with all the "discounts" for the PRD and other things that are taken out of the salaries of the Party Faithful...

A very gloomy,

HB
 

jose?to

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On the shoe 'Jeopardy'

Alex Trebek: The only honest government in the D.R. since 1930.

Contestant: What do you call the seven-month period under Juan Bosch?
 

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Dear all,

I am sure that most of us have already read these couple of articles on today's Listin Diario, but just in case someone needs to, please read Yaqui Nu?ez, Pablo McKinney, and the Editorial.

http://www.listin.com.do/cuerpos/opinion/opinion.htm

It is a very gloomy road ahead of us. I fully agree with HB, this government is taking us down the pipe big times.

We have talked about the level of tolerance that the dominican population is showing these days but please let's not forget what happened in 1984 with Salvador's government. The results of that Poblada are still right there.
We can also take examples of the situation in Argentina, Venezuela, Haiti, and others in L.A.
It is my personal opinion that this is exactly what a government in these circumstances is expecting, and that action will give the excuse they need to kill the population one more time, and blame it on them.
It will also bring more desgracias to our already overloaded dominicans fellas, it will close the door more to tourism.
Violence brings violence, it is not rocket science. We cannot afford anymore to lose our sons in the hands of the ungraceful.

We all know the reality about the PRD's government. It is right there. and has been since the first day they stepped into power with Guzman. It is a government made of capos, mafiosos, and invidual interest.
 
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m65swede

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Sad, sad, sad.

Hillbilly said:
that peso I once knew and loved at 1-1, is now over the 23.50 mark....A very gloomy,

HB

A truly sobering memory, HB.

My first trip to the DR was characterized by the peso-dollar exchange of 1 to 1 and electricity and running water were reliable resources.

At some point there will have to be a reckoning, don't you think?

Swede
 

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Re: Sad, sad, sad.

m65swede said:


A truly sobering memory, HB.

My first trip to the DR was characterized by the peso-dollar exchange of 1 to 1 and electricity and running water were reliable resources.

At some point there will have to be a reckoning, don't you think?

Swede
You forgot to mention that the most important resource Presidente grandes were 25 centavos.:cool:
 

Hillbilly

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A fifth of Johnny Walker Red was RD$6.66 at the colmado in Mao!!

Hollywoods were 25?. Cremas were 10?.P?blicos were 10?

HB, ahhh the sweet memories....
 

m65swede

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Yup!

Cigarettes:
Casino - 20 cents
Premier or Monte Carlo - 60 cents
Marlboro (bootleg with no revenue stickers) $5 per carton
Rent - $ 20 per month
Maid/cook/etc. - $10-15 per month
Electric bill - $1 dollar per month until they found our stereo, then $2
Movie ticket - 50 cents
Milk - 10 cents per botella

Most amazing to me is that we paid so little for electrical service, but seldom if ever, had outages! Makes one ask why today's power providers have such a difficult time of it.

Swede