The Duarte Institute is celebrating on 18 October 2017 a civic march to honor Juan Pablo Duarte, the founding father of the Dominican Republic. This comes after a well-known journalist, Alvaro Arvelo jr., smeared the memory of the patriarch during the popular morning news and commentary program “Gobierno de la Mañana” morning talk show last month. In the aftermath of his comments in a joust with historian Roberto Cassá, Alvaro Arvelo Jr was moved to resign from the show, and then was suspended for 20 days by the National Entertainment Commission (CNEPR).
The march will include different personalities and representatives of major institutions beginning today at 9 o’clock at Duarte House in the Colonial City. José Joaquin Perez Saviñon will speak on Duarte. Masonic lodges, the Sons of Duarte, veterans of the 1965 revolution together with representatives of different educational centers will take part in the march.
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El Nacional
18 October 2017
