Dolores Vicioso – Page 234

The Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) has appointed Deputy Amado Díaz Jiménez as its legislative spokesperson for the 2024-2025 term. Díaz Jiménez is in his third term in the Chamber of Deputies. Representing the 1st District of Santo Domingo, Díaz Jiménez is a lawyer and former deputy prosecutor for the National District. He was sworn in …

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The Dominican Republic is just one of over half a dozen countries in Latin America that saw major corruption scandals and trials of offending officials related to the Brazilian construction company, Odebrecht. At least one president, several ministers and other high-ranking officials of governments in Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil were all convicted of bribery, and …

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The Office of the Attorney General of the Dominican Republic has announced the completion of Operation White Metal with the arrest of ten people and the intervention of a recycling company in Barahona. The accused are facing charges of drug trafficking and money laundering. The Justice Department says that the persons indicted laundered RD$1.2 billion …

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The nonpartisan civic movement Participación Ciudadana (PC) has proposed taking advantage of the proposed constitutional reform to withdraw the Dominican Republic from the Central American Parliament (Parlacen). The organization argues that the political forum is ineffective, operates on a patronage system, and fosters impunity. “Parlacen [which is untouched in the proposed amendment by President Abinader] …

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The American Chamber of Commerce in the Dominican Republic, popularly known as “Amcham” is coordinating efforts for a perishable goods export workshop with the World Trade Center Miami and several US federal agencies, El Caribe reports. The event is scheduled for the Gran Almirante Hotel in Santiago, the country’s second-largest city, on 19 August 2024. …

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Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino has suggested that since many heads of state of Latin American nations will be in attendance at the inauguration of Luis Abinader’s second term next Friday, 16 August 2024, it might be a good idea to hold a summit conference to talk about the situation in Venezuela, where election results …

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María Virginia Dorrejo’s relentless quest to find her son, Dorian Streit Dorrejo, culminated this past week with an emotional reunion after 13 years apart, Listin Diario reports. Dorrejo’s son was abducted by his father, Swiss national Marco Aurelio Giuseppe Streit, from the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Puerto Plata in 2011. At just eight years old, …

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The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida reports that the tropical disturbance that is moving west to the Leeward islands in the Caribbean is developing into a tropical storm and is expected to become a hurricane category this week. A tropical storm watch has already been issued for Puerto Rico. Most forecasts have the storm …

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As part of the 90th anniversary of bilateral relations between the Dominican Republic and Japan, President Luis Abinader received the president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Akihiko Tanaka at the Presidential Palace. JICA has behind it 60 years of cooperation with the Dominican Republic. Tanaka also participated in the ceremony commemorating the Japanese …

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The Dominican government is acknowledging the rise in obesity and joins the efforts of the Ministry of Health in motivating healthy lifestyles. The National Institute of Student Welfare (Inabie) has launched a comprehensive nationwide campaign, “Date vida, come sano!” (Give life, eat healthy), aimed at promoting healthy eating habits among Dominican schoolchildren. The initiative is …

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