2012 – Page 282

The United States has criticized the persistence of corruption linked to illegal drug trafficking in the Dominican Republic, despite the increase in the number of seizures in 2011, according to the annual report on worldwide drug trafficking. According to the State Department report, the weight of the Dominican Republic in the flow of illegal drugs …

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The differences in the PRD came into relief yesterday in the National Congress (CN) during a visit by the political director of the campaign of the party’s presidential candidate Hipolito Mejia. Hatuey De Camps headed a political meeting with the PRD bloc of deputies “to deal with integration and the small problems that exist in …

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More than 300 entities will take part in the XXV National Farmers’ Fair. The 2012 event will feature renewable energy as a way for farmers to earn money. Mexico and Panama have been invited to the event organized by the National Board of Cattle Ranchers, with the sponsorship of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Directorate …

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The Council of the Humanities Faculty at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo has warned that the building that houses the faculty is in an advanced state of disrepair and in danger of collapsing. An article in Hoy newspaper says that the situation is causing concern for students, teachers and their families, and that thousands …

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The border crossing at Jimani/Malpas in the southwest was closed after a truck loaded with cement from the Dominican Republic was seized. According to El Nuevo Diario, confusion reigned in the area while officials were trying to sort things out. Early on Wednesday morning, March 7, several people on the Dominican side of the frontier …

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Victor Hernandez Rosario (Berto) has finally been caught after a long search that made him one of the country’s most wanted men in recent years. Hernandez Rosario is accused of being the organizer of the illegal trip in a small boat that capsized in Samana Bay on 4 February with the loss of 56 of …

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Futuros Divorciados, the local pop-rock group that was nominated for Best Rock Group in the Casandra 2012 awards, announces it will be at the Casa de Teatro bar for a series of shows on Thursday 15, 22 and 29 March and on Wednesday 4 April. They announce there will be guest performers, too. The performances …

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Political parties complied with the deadline for the formalizing of political alliances. The leading parties deposited their alliances with minority parties yesterday at the Central Electoral Board. Hoy reports that the PRD says its allies will be the following political parties: Dominican Humanist (PHD), Revolutionary Social Democratic (PRSD), Independent Democratic (PDI), Alternative Democratic Movement (Moda), …

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In an analytical piece in today’s Hoy newspaper, economist and historian Bernardo Vega concludes that rising violence, crime and drugs are the main reason behind the declining popularity of President Leonel Fernandez at the end of his second consecutive term. Vega lists the reasons why President Leonel Fernandez, who left his first 2000-2004 term of …

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Over the last 11 years, the Dominican Republic’s external and internal debt has increased at almost the same rate as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), both increasing more than four times. Economists Bernardo Fuente and Miguel Ceara Hatton think that the debt level is too high, although the former Hacienda (Finance) Minister Vincente Bengoa rejects …

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