President Danilo Medina confirmed the appointment of the new ambassadors in Honduras and Sweden in Decree 215-17. Spokesman for the Presidency, Roberto Rodríguez Marchena, said lawyer, politician and writer Marino Berigüete was named ambassador in Honduras. He is a former Dominican ambassador to Paraguay. Berigüete is a member of the PRSC opposition party.
Former Dominican ambassador to Unesco (1997-2000 and 2004-2010), sociologist Laura Faxas was named Dominican ambassador in Sweden.
27 June 2017
