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Dominican journalist Angela Peña has published a second edition of her book “Partidos Políticos y Presidentes Dominicanos” (Political Parties and Dominican Presidents), setting off new controversy with its revelations. The book looks into the life, accomplishments and the political career of President Balaguer and former President Juan Bosch, giving details hitherto unknown. The book was …

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The general controller of the Republic, Lic. Víctor Grimaldi, has submitted 51 reports on audits of government institutions that were undertaken by controllers before him and that were still on file. He said many of them are three years old. The audits were found as a result of a process of office reorganization. The audits …

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The three principal contenders for president of the Dominican Republic participated in a congregation called by several religious denominations in the country, and together they committed themselves to fight corruption and poverty. This is a first where Protestant and Catholic Churches have come together to organize a quasi-political event. Jacinto Peynado, José Francisco Peña Gómez …

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The local press reported on Sat., 20 April on the visit of César Gaviria, secretary general of the Organization of American States, who met with President Balaguer to lobby for the administration to approve the visit of some 20 observers on behalf of the U.S. Department of State. According to reports, the JCE, following the …

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Dr. César Estrella Sahdalá, president of the Junta Central Electoral, said that the Junta Central Electoral is prepared to give the results on the day after the election, as could have been done in past elections when the Junta had the results of 87% of the votes by midnight of 16 May. He also said …

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The Junta Central says that some 3,750,502 Dominicans will be able to vote on 16 May. According to the president of the JCE, Dr. César Estrella Sahdalá, more than 200,000 names were deleted from the voting list used in the last election for various reasons. Dr. Estrella was speaking during a breakfast organized by Jaycee’s …

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The JCE announced it is increasing the number of observers per national organization to a maximum of 1,140 persons. Previously, it had allocated some 570 permits for observers. The number of observers was doubled, taking into consideration the opinion of groups that pointed to the fact there are two sessions of voting – one for …

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The president of the JCE reported that in accord with the new Electoral Law, the JCE will take control of the state radio and television services 24 hours before and after the election. He said that, during this time, the private stations would not be obliged to join the official transmissions, but the law prohibits …

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Former Presidents Jimmy Carter of the United States and Belisario Betancur of Colombia will head a delegation that will visit Santo Domingo 24 to 26 April to view the present electoral environment, and have meetings with President Balaguer and the principal candidates. The former chiefs of state have been invited by the Junta Central Electoral …

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Several business organizations have rejected the protectionist measures in the process of being implemented by the Dominican government to protect local producers of milk and sugar. The Unión de Dueños de Panaderías Asociados, the Federación Dominicana de Comerciantes, the Asociación de Importadores de Leche en Lata, Asociación Nacional de Fabricantes de Dulces y Afines, Frente …

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