Odebrecht, the Brazilian construction company, has laid off around 3,900 workers in the Dominican Republic in the last few days and as a result almost all of the construction works they are carrying out have been suspended.
The works affected are the Piedra Blanca-Cruce de Ocoa road, roads in Santiago de los Caballeros and the Maritime Terminal Sabana de la Mar-Samaná. Now, the only project still under construction is Punta Catalina thermoelectric central in Peravia province.
The stopping of the works has happened, according to a source, as Odebrecht has not been paid by the Dominican state for these jobs.
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Al Momento
27 June 2017
