The Listín Diario reports today that Claudine Bonó, the singer who will represent the Dominican Republic in the OTI song festival to be held this month in Costa Rica, did admit her meeting with Minister of Tourism Felix Jiménez did not go smoothly. The Listín published that Claudine Bonó had felt humiliated when the Minister offered US$1,000 to help fund her participation and demanded that she sing for him, and then told her she didn’t have a chance. The newspaper transcribed the interview, where she says she felt "demoralized after meeting with the Minister.
