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The US State Department has assigned the Dominican Republic the lowest rating in their annual report on human trafficking. The DR is classified as a third-tier country in this category, for “not complying with the minimum requisites for halting human trafficking, nor making any efforts to do so”. Previously, the DR had held a second-tier …

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The police had not yet issued a report on the alleged kidnapping of 12-year-old Alanny Fern?ndez and her 16-year-old cousin, Ariel Fern?ndez, on Tuesday. Alanny?s is a US citizen. Julio Fern?ndez, Alanny?s father, said they received a call from the abductors but that a ransom amount was not been established, reports El Caribe.  The children …

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Major League Baseball authorities in the US have accepted Dominican player Sammy Sosa?s apologies and reduced his suspension from eight to seven games, following an incident last week in which he was found to be using a corked bat. Sosa had appealed the original sanction, amid his claims that the use of the illegal bat …

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According to the sports section of List?n Diario, work has all but stopped at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic stadium, which is being refurbished for the Pan American Games. According to the report, the Public Works Ministry has not paid for the track?s paving materials, causing the supplier to withdraw them. The athletic track?s paving …

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President Hip?lito Mej?a, in a reaction to criticism of the high entrance prices to this August?s XIV Pan American Games, has said that he would try to find a way of reducing ticket costs, especially for the final events. He added however that people could not expect to attend the games for free, and singled …

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Congress has passed the bill to merge the Dominican Center for the Promotion of Exports (Cedopex) with the Office for the Promotion of Investments. The new office will be known as the Center for Exports and Investment of the Dominican Republic (CEI-RD). The legislation grants ministerial rank to the director of the new decentralized body, …

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Frank Guerrero Prats, the former governor of the Central Bank and current Foreign Relations Minister, denounced corruption as a threat to the democracies of Latin America in a speech given at the XXXIII Assembly of the Organization of American States in Santiago, Chile. Guerrero Prats warned that ?complicity and impunity have to be removed.? The …

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The presidents of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies said that President Hip?lito Mej?a has suggested they put a hold on the approval of new loans until the government has concluded its negotiations with the International Monetary Fund. Rafaela Alburquerque, as head of the Chamber, and Andres Bautista, of the Senate, said that they …

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In a press conference called yesterday at the Hotel Jaragua, the  former President Leonel Fern?ndez opposes signing an accord with the International Monetary Fund and says that such an agreement would only be justifiable for a country with problems in its balance of payment ? which is not the case for the Dominican Republic. According …

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US Ambassador Hans Hertell said yesterday that the IMF is strong medicine, but one that must be taken to obtain the financial aid necessary to ?rebound? from the crisis caused by the failure of Baninter. Hertell said that the US is confident the Dominican Republic will recover from its ailments, and that there is nothing …

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