Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas is taking accredited diplomats and consuls in the country on a tour of the Punta Catalina thermoelectric plant under construction by the Public Electricity Corporation on Wednesday 21 February 2018.
The tour will be carried out so that the representatives of foreign countries can learn the details of the project that is being built in the municipal district of Catalina, in Peravia province, about an hour’s drive from Santo Domingo.
The visitors will be briefed on details of the construction of the two coal-fired generators that are under construction to add 752 megawatts to the national electrical system. The construction has been wrapped in controversy as it is the largest contract signed by the Dominican government with Odebrecht, the Brazilian construction firm that has admitted to paying US$92 million in bribes to advance contract work in the country.
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El Dia
21 February 2018
