Santo Domingo is hosting the Latin American Forum on Government Reform and Modernization this weekend. Participating are directors of regional organizations and former statesmen. In Santo Domingo for the event are former president Luis Herrera Campins of Venezuela, former president Rodrigo Borja of Ecuador; former president Rodrigo Carazo of Costa Rica and former president Vinicio Cerezo of Guatemala are presently attending the event. Also, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, former president of Colombia, César Gaviria; the director of the Inter American Development Bank, Enrique Iglesias; and the director for Latin America of the United Nations Development Program, Fernando Zumbado. For the event, the Dominican government has prepared an exhibition on plans and efforts to modernize the state. The exhibition is open through Sunday at the Centro de Eventos y Exposiciones, the exhibition hall on the Malecón in Santo Domingo. Some 22 private companies are also participating, offering goods and services relative to modernization efforts. Vice President Jaime David Fernández Mirabal inaugurated the exhibition, together with Onofre Rojas, who is in charge of the Dominican government Commission for Reform and Modernization of the State.
