In spite of President Leonel Fernandez’s efforts to strengthen state institutions and promote advances in the judicial system, the DR is still getting negative scores from international organizations, except for the area of macroeconomic growth and the considerable drop in the foreign exchange rate which have been praised internationally. According to Listin Diario, there are still complaints about human rights violations of Haitian immigrants, extra-judicial executions, generalized corruption, judicial impunity, exploitation of children, weak educational system and extreme poverty. To all this must be added Foreign Policy’s classification of the DR as being in risk of becoming a “failed state”-the worst classification Dominicans have received throughout the nation’s history. Although the World Bank and other financial institutions have recognized the strength of the tourism sector and the increased production capacity of goods and services for export, the 20 July 2005 “failed state” report has reduced the potential for attracting foreign investment.