Saturday’s Diario Libre carried Anibal de Castro’s most acerbic editorial in memory, bearing the title “The Economist’s blame party”. Calling The Economist a temple of liberalism and particular English humor, De Castro looks at their most recent advice: that the IMF should not lend any money to the Dominican Republic because “Any money that the Fund might give to the Dominican Republic in the next few months is likely to be wasted on pre-election spending.” De Castro says: “Strong language, no?” But, he added, not as strong as a long list of other realities, such as the promises made to track and field star Felix Sanchez, or to the engineers who built the Pan American Games sites. The Economist continued, “Until the politicians show signs of taking responsibility for their actions, it is hard to see why they deserve any help from the Fund.” De Castro ends his editorial with a play on words: “And for having taken us to the bottom (fondo), as well as to the Fund (Fondo), the Economist asks that one guilty person be recognized: Mr. Mejia.”