Landowners in La Romana have complained that President Danilo Medina was cheated when he recently made a surprise visit to Cumayasa in the province, where he was convinced to lend RD$30 million to a hog-producing association that community spokespeople say is not even present in the area. The hog association was presented by a government officer named Martires Castro who requested the government funding, as denounced by Angela María Acosta who is the president of the Frente Agrario Revolucionario y Comunitario Mi Propio Esfuerzo (Farcompe).
After the Cumayasa incident, Acosta said that everyone is now seems to be forming associations and pretending they are farmers and ranchers so that they can receive low interest loans via the President.
It appears that Medina has ordered an investigation by the Special Fund for Agricultural Development (Feda).
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Diario Libre
14 February 2017
