The Executive Branch sent to the Senate yesterday three loan agreements with international lending organizations worth US$143 million. El Caribe newspaper reports that a large portion of the resources will be used to build produce markets in Santo Domingo and interior cities. Minister of Agriculture Eligio Jaquez delivered the projects to the Senate. They include financing for the Merca Santo Domingo, a mega farm produce market that would go up at Km. 22 of the Duarte Highway. This would be a US$69 million investment. Originally Merca Santo Domingo had been promoted as a project of private investors. Also included in the private financing is funding for the construction of 295 plant nurseries throughout the nation.
