2015News

Government wants to include 289,000 Haitians in social security

The National Council of Social Security (CNSS) has plans to affiliate 288,466 persons that benefited from permanent or temporary legalization of their migratory status under the National Foreigner Legalization Plan (PNRE) even when the person may not be formally employed and may have never contributed to the social security system. Most of the beneficiaries contemplated …
2015News

Participaci?n Ciudadana challenges Attorney General

The civic society movement Citizen Participation (Participacion Ciudadana) formed a human chain yesterday in front of the Attorney General’s office to protest corruption and impunity in the Dominican Republic. The movement challenged Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito to demonstrate he is firm in his intentions to prosecute corruption without bias. A letter that had been …
2015News

Aymeric Chauprade was advisor to Leonel Fernandez

Le Monde, the French newspaper, published a report revealing that Frenchman Aymeric Chauprade was an advisor to former President Leonel Fernandez. Likewise, it was revealed that Chauprade was invited to speak at conferences at Funglode. Chauprade is now mentioned as a facilitator in the unauthorized departure from the Dominican Republic of French pilots Pascal Fauret …