2003 – Page 4

Michael Camilo, whose “Live at the Blue Note” is nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Latin Jazz, will appear Monday, 29 December at 5pm in the auditorium of the Centro Leon in Santiago. On his nomination to the 46th Grammy Awards, DR1 had reported on the popularity of Camilo’s most recent CD …

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Marianne de Tolentino writes in Hoy newspaper that Dominicans were not able to defend the gift of one of the most impressive demonstrations of public art ever in the Caribbean and Latin America, and now must ponder their loss. In 1994, top Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz-Diez bestowed Dominicans with the geometrically eye-pleasing painting of the …

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Singer Angela Carrasco has found another way to earn a living with a project called Solidarity Kiosks, which will provide a secure space for the blind to earn money. Due to reasons related to her health, Carrasco had to postpone her opening for a few weeks, but in January she looks forward to opening her …

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The Dominican Republic’s women’s volleyball team has one last chance to make it to the Athens Olympic Games in a pre-Olympic tournament to take place in Venezuela. Jorge Barbey explained that the country will participate in the Pre-Olympic South American tournament, where it will face Peru, Argentina and Venezuela on 9, 10 and 11 January …

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The Dominican Republic has been accepted into the Central American Integration System (SICA in Spanish) as an “extra-regional member.” The heads of state of Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama praised President Hipolito Mejia for introducing the Dominican Republic into the group. The Belize Declaration promises to push forward the integration of …

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