Dolores Vicioso – Page 8102

The Dominican government has bought a dredger for the ports of Puerto Plata, Luperon, Sabana de la Mar, San Pedro de Macoris and Barahona. Representatives of the Navy told the news media that the ship is currently in Spain, and it will arrive in Santo Domingo in approximately three weeks. The ship has modern equipment, …

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The escape from La Victoria prison of convicted drug dealer, Cesar Simon Abreu Suarez, and his subsequent flight from the D.R. has raised serious questions about the influence that drug money has on judicial and prison officials. The director of the National Drug Control Department (DNCD), Admiral Julio Cesar Ventura Bayonet, hinted that officials of …

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The news of the week is the apparent schism in the PRSC. The already lukewarm support President Balaguer was giving to the party’s first presidential candidate outside himself, Jacinto Peynado, has turned to cold support following the registration of the 37 year old businesswoman, Maribel Gassó, for the party’s vice presidential candidate. It had seemed …

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The first indication of President Balaguer’s disapproval of Jacinto Peynado not taking up his suggestions for the PRSC’s vice presidential candidate was his failure to participate, as announced, in the large rally held in San Cristóbal. All was readied for the President, even his chair was sent, but it remained vacant. Nevertheless, the event was …

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The day after the major Peynado rally in San Cristóbal, President Balaguer attended an inauguration program in Azua. When asked by the press to comment on the appointment of Maribel Gassó as the candidate for the vice presidency for the PRSC, the President stated: “No sir, I am not speaking; I am blind and mute.” …

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The day after the fund raising dinner, President Balaguer met Leonel Fernández, the PLD presidential candidate. The press has speculated on several occasions that Leonel Fernández is funded by the so-called “anillo palaciego,” or the Balaguer clique that has held power for many years and would like to retain it, and have their interests left …

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By meeting Leonel Fernández last week, President Balaguer, in effect made him an accomplice and a part in his mastery of the Dominican psyche and the press. Commenting on the matter, the newspaper Hoy in its Friday, 22 March edition said that: “Dr Balaguer is not a candidate. He cannot be reelected. But he knows …

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Vice President Jacinto Peynado met President Balaguer for ten minutes, just five minutes after the latter received the presidential candidate of the PLD, Leonel Fernández. Upon leaving the meeting, Jacinto Peynado said that he is a realistic man with his feet on the ground. He explained that he visited the President to inform him that …

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Dressed in red, in her first appearance as the vice presidential candidate for the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC), Maribel Gassó said she trusted that the party will win the election with the votes of women and the young people of the country. During a political rally in San Cristóbal, Maribel Gassó spoke of the …

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Jose Francisco Peña Gómez, presidential candidate for the PRD and the Acuerdo de Santo Domingo, said that the next government that is born of the May election should put an end to centering all matters on the President, which has been so much a part of Dr Balaguer’s governing style. He suggested that it will …

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