2017News

Small merchants accuse Agriculture Minister of favoritism in DR-CAFTA import permits

The president of the Federation of Merchants (Fenameco), Roberto Ventura, accuses the Minister of Agriculture Angel Estevez of granting import permits to monopolies. He said the merchants may decide to picket the Presidential Palace in protest, as reported in MetroRD. He said he is speaking out about the Estevez’s alleged practice to highlight to the …
2017News

Servio Tulio Castaños criticizes Punta Catalina tender

The executive vice president of the Foundation for Justice and Institutionalism (Finjus), Servio Tulio Castaños Guzmán, became the talk of the town when on Wednesday, 10 May 2017, he went public on the El Despertador morning TV talk show (Grupo SIN) to criticize the findings regarding the Punta Catalina coal-fired thermoelectric central. The Punta Catalina …
2017News

Unsustainable public debt boosts Dominican economy

Five economists met for the Grupo de Comunicaciones Corripio luncheon on Wednesday, 10 May 2017, and acknowledged the impressive growth of the Dominican economy. However, they observed the growth of the economy is based on an unsustainable amount of debt being taken on by the Medina administration. The economists Ernesto Selman, Jacqueline Mora, Pedro Silverio …
2017News

Foreign Minister focuses on points where US-DR can improve relationship

Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas called for a better balance in relations between the United States and the Dominican Republic. He spoke at the Center for Latin American Studies at the Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. as part of Dominican Week USA events. “We consider that our common work platform calls for changes in the relationship …