President Danilo Medina decorated outgoing United States Ambassador Raul Humberto Yzaguirre with the order of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella in the Great Cross of Silver at a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Santo Domingo yesterday, Thursday 16 May.
Ambassador Yzaguirre resigned the post for health reasons on 7 April, and will be leaving at the end of May. He presented credentials on 18 November 2010. Daniel L. Foote is the Charge d’Affaires until the arrival of Yzaguirre’s successor.