The Secretary of the National District (DN) government said yesterday that the DN could not agree to the U.S. Embassy request to block off streets surrounding the embassy in the Gazcue sector. Speaking at a press conference, Luis Jos? Ch?vez said that while the American request will proceed through the channels, he gave it no chance of being approved. He cited two reasons, the first being that this particular request would seriously disrupt traffic flows. The Embassy is on a major West-East artery and sits between the National Library and the Central Bank. Secondly, if the DN agrees to this request, it will doubtless get a series of similar requests from other embassies and the several international organizations with offices in Santo Domingo.
