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Renowned Dominican doctor Abel Gonzalez died last night. He was 94 years old. Gonzalez devoted his life to medicine and is best known for founding the Santo Domingo clinic that bears his name. However, a little-known fact about Gonzalez is that he was the doctor who prepared the body of former dictator Rafael Trujillo in …

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Baseball player Pedro Martinez, his wife Carolina Cruz, the US Embassy in Santo Domingo and USAID have launched a project “Hay Poder en Aprender” (There is Power in Learning) in Martinez’s neighborhood of Manoguayabo on the outskirts of Santo Domingo. This project aims to help 200 young people at risk. Through a combination of vocational …

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The Spanish Cultural Center in Santo Domingo is staging a series of urban-themed cultural events this weekend. Tonight is the last night to watch a show by the Compania Brodas dance company. The hip-hop themed show will take place on the court at the Club San Lazaro, at 7pm. Entrance is free. In keeping with …

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The Alliance Francaise of Santo Domingo is hosting its annual music festival this Saturday. The event features 34 rock, jazz and rap groups with special guest Paul Lay. The event begins on Saturday at 5pm and will run through 12am. Entrance is free. For more information: www.afsd.net/fr/agenda_culturel.php

The National Theater presents the World Gala of Dance this 3 and 4 July. This is a benefit for the Fundacion Nido para Angeles that helps children with cerebral palsy. Michelle Jimenez and Jan Zerer, lead dancers of the Dutch Ballet will perform Romeo and Juliet duets and San Francisco Ballet’s first ballerina Lorena Feijoo …

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Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa has provided some initial details of the proposed sale of 49% of Refidomsa to Venezuela. According to Bengoa, Venezuela will pay US$130 million for a 49% stake in the company within a three-month period, as long as the price of a barrel of crude oil stays below US$70. He said that …

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Marisol Vicens is warning of the dangers of the sale of 49% of the shares in the Dominican Oil Refinery to Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the Venezuelan oil company. Writing in El Caribe, the business leader reveals that in the transaction whereby the government bought back the 50% of the Shell company’s shares in the …

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In a newspaper interview for Hoy & El Dia newspapers, Economists Carlos Despradel, Miguel Ceara Hatton and Apolinar Veloz addressed several of the reasons for the government’s current fiscal deficit. The economists said that the government has 593,000 people on its payroll, including 95,000 retirees. Carlos Despradel, a former governor of the Central Bank, says …

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Clave Digital is reporting that in the last ten years the DR has experienced a building boom. As a result 34.7% of all homes built in the DR were built during the last ten years. This is more home construction than any other period in the last 50 years. Of the 2,530,474 homes in the …

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Yesterday was the Day of the Exporter. Leading exporters’ organizations the Dominican Free Zones Association (Adozona), National Hotels and Restaurants Association (Asonahores), Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (AIRD), Dominican Exporters Association (Adoexpo) and the Dominican Agribusiness Council (JAD) met yesterday to call for a turnaround in government policies to help boost exports. As …

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