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The Ministry of Foreign Relations and the Diplomatic and Consular School of the Dominican Republic are inviting to the talks: Domestic fundaments of US foreign policy and the US Latin America and the Caribbean, International Relations in the 21st Century Dr. Howard Wiarda, specialist of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) of Washington, …

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The Supreme Court of Justice announced that the Dominican judiciary will be sending out summons using the Fax Mail service of Inposdom, the government postal service, and not telegrams as in the past.

Spain is donating US$19 million to adequately equip the Santo Domingo Fire Department. The equipment is a donation secured during one of the trips of President Fernández to Spain. The Fire Department has already received seven fire engines, four ambulances and four jeeps, worth US$2,316,000. The new fire engines are estimated to be 25% more …

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Minister of Education Ligia Amada Melo rejected a proposal from PRD presidential candidate Hipólito Mejía to change the content of the breakfast snacks served to public school children. The government serves bread and milk snacks. Hipólito Mejía has said that a month after he is President, he change the public school breakfasts to serve mangú …

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The Rumbo/Gallup poll shows that most Dominicans do not appreciate the colloquialism in the speech of PRD presidential candidate Hipólito Mejía. Replying to: "Do you consider that Hipólito Mejía handles himself well when he speaks or commits errors that work against him? 28% answered he handles himself well, and 60% said he commits errors that …

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A group of Canadian sports technicians visited to assist with the preparation of the 2003 Pan American Games. Terry Wright and Guy Lodge, of the IPS Consulting Limited. will be in the Dr through 15 March. They will be visiting every three months to assist tin the organization of the games.

Mario Vargas Llosa launched his "La fiesta del Chivo" novel in Madrid, Spain yesterday. The renown Peruvian author and politician said the grip late Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo had on the psyche of the Dominican population for three decades was what inspired him to write the novel. Vargas Llosa said that it took him 25 …

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President Leonel Fernández made changes in the military hierarchy that were notified by Decree 99-2000. Major General Jose Elías Valdez Bautista is the new Chief of the Army. Rear Admiral Rafael Monzón Brea, was named Chief of the Navy. General José Antonio Ramírez Ferreira was appointed the new head of the J2 unit of intelligence …

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President Leonel Fernández accepted recommendations for the revoking of several police officer promotions included in a list of 3,459 promotions announced on 26 February. By constitutional mandate, the President is the chief of the Police. But Major General Pedro de Jesús Candelier Tejada, head of the Police forces, requested that several of the promotions be …

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