2005News

Bill Gates visits

President Leonel Fernandez met Microsoft’s Bill Gates on Sunday, 13 February at the home of Venezuelan businessman Gustavos Cisneros in Casa de Campo, La Romana. They had lunch together. Fernandez was accompanied by First Lady Margarita Cedeno. Guillermo Cisneros, son of Gustavos Cisneros, was present at the meeting. President Fernandez arrived around noon in a …
2005News

Law firms lobby for law

El Caribe reports that when reviewing Sectorial Law for Protected Areas (No. 2002-04), the Supreme Court of Justice held contact with representatives of several law firms that in the name of businessmen and interested parties requested that the court not revoke the law. Lawyers making contact with Supreme Court judges were those of Mario Read …