80-year old Alvarito Arvelo resigned from working in the Z101 Gobierno de la Mañana radio talk show following the controversy after he bad-mouthed founding father Juan Pablo Duarte when comparing him to national heroe Gregorio Luperón.
Arvelo suffers from serious cancer and heart troubles, but despite these was the heart and soul of the morning talk show where he imposed his knowledgeable, passionate, yet profanity-laced talking style. He has had a career in journalism and broadcast for more than 50 years.
In commenting on Duarte, Arvelo had called the founding father a “coward”, “who did not have character nor balls” and had preferred exile for 20 years in Venezuela, rather to fight in the restoration wars. He also called Duarte irresponsible, depressive and homosexual for having abandoned his ailing money and his family in the Dominican Republic.
The Duarte Institute in Santo Domingo announced on Monday, 9 October 2017, that it had placed a complaint before the Attorney General Office against Alvaro Arturo Arvelo Aybar for statements affecting the honor of the founding father.
The statements occurred when the Gobierno de la Mañana talk show hosted historian Roberto Cassá.
Listen to his comments:
You Tube – Duarte statements
Arvelo resignation video
10 October 2017
