2001News

President of Venezuela to visit in March

President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has scheduled a trip to the DR for 9 March 2001. The Venezuelan statesman would visit for three days. As announced in the Listin Diario, the visit seeks to strengthen collaboration, trade and friendship ties between both nations. During his visit to the DR, the Venezuelan statesman will inspect the site of the Plaza Bolivar that will honor the Liberator of Venezuela, Simon Bolivar. The plaza will feature a large statue of Bolivar and an amphitheater for the presentation of cultural events and concerts. The Plaza will go up at the central site where the former Centro Medico Dr. Yunen was located at Jose Contreras, Bolivar and Máximo Gómez avenues. According to the report in the Listin Diario, the lot was acquired by the state and donated for the construction.