Presidents Danilo Medina of the Dominican Republic and Rafael Correa of Ecuador led the gala inauguration of the XVI International Book Fair Santo Domingo 2013. The opening ceremony took place yesterday evening, Monday 22 April at the Eduardo Brito Hall at the National Theater in Santo Domingo’s Plaza de la Cultura, the site of the book fair. The presidents were accompanied by other dignitaries including Vice-President Margarita Cedeno, First Lady Candida Montilla de Medina, Minister of Culture Jose Antonio Rodriguez and his Ecuadorian counterpart Erika Sylva Charvet, and Dominican Minister of Education Josefina Pimentel. Ecuador is this year’s Special Guest Country at the book fair.
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