Dolores Vicioso – Page 7518

President Leonel Fernandez ordered the chief of the Police, Major General Pedro de Jesus Candelier and the state representative to suspend the eviction of squatters on Grupo Punta Cana claimed lands in Veron. The Grupo Punta Cana on Friday, Saturday and Sunday began the eviction of 70 families that refused their offer to relocate. Reportedly, …

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Minister of Foreign Relations Eduardo Latorre says that the most pressing tasks ahead for the new minister will be related to the free trade agreements in process. He says the Fernández administration is leaving behind negotiations for the signing of free trade agreements with Chile, Cuba, Venezuela and Ecuador. Likewise, the new authorities need to …

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Appointed Minister of Culture in the government that starts 16 August, Tony Raful announced the members of the cultural team of the new government. Raful is also acting president of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, the ruling party as of August. He made the announcement of the cultural team of the government during an event at …

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In an interview for the Listin Diario, influential former President Joaquin Balaguer said that the privatization of the energy sector in the DR has failed. In his opinion it would have been better to continue the slow privatization process he had started. (Contracts signed with private generators during the Balaguer administration were notorious for clauses …

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Multiple contradictions came forth regarding the murder of Ahora newsweekly magazine editor Orlando Martinez as the trial continued on Monday, 31 July. The contradictions included debate of whether the journalist was to be beat up, to teach him a lesson; whether the plan to kill him was three months old. Alfredo Lluberes Ricart (alias Lluberito), …

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