The administrator for the Agency for International Development (AID) of the U.S. Government for Latin America and the Caribbean Mark Schneider said in Santo Domingo during a visit to President Leonel Fernández that the Government of Bill Clinton has offered to assist the Dominican government in its efforts to reform and modernize the state. Schneider congratulated the Dominican President for the free trade agreement signed with Central America and for hosting the Caribbean Heads of State Summit in Santo Domingo this coming August. He also praised the government for the high economic growth rates while maintaining a low inflation. Schneider is in the Dominican Republic to attend a meeting of Ministers of Labor of Central America that is programmed for this week in Puerto Plata.
