2010News

Chavez is Chavez

In an interesting note, when President Hugo Chavez arrived in the DR at 1:20am on Wednesday, he took the driver’s seat after arriving at Las Americas International Airport and drove himself to the Dominican Fiesta Hotel where he was staying. After the signing of the agreements on Wednesday, he did the same thing and took …
2010News

Industry awards

President Leonel Fernandez was present at an event honoring businessman Jose Luis Corripio Estrada with the Industrialist of the Year Award. The award was presented by Manuel Cabrera, president of the Association of Industries of Herrera. Also present was Andres Van der Horst, executive director of the National Competitiveness Council. The award is in its …
2010News

President Fernandez to Rome

President Leonel Fernandez will be visiting Rome on 21 May for an audience with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso confirmed the news of the trip that had been leaked by Diario Libre. Prior to traveling to Rome, Fernandez will be attending a summit for Haiti in Madrid, Spain.
2010News

Selective amnesia

In an op-ed piece in El Caribe, lawyer Leila Mejia wonders why, when there were “evident connections” between Spaniard Arturo del Tiempo Marques and cocaine trafficking prior to the inaugural of the Atiemar highrise, Del Tiempo was not arrested by the Police. She says the point is made in a news story published online in …