2017News

Bernardo Vega: corruption was US$257M not US$92M

Former governor of the Central Bank and Dominican ambassador in Washington, D.C., economist and historian Bernardo Vega writes about the Odebrecht corruption scandal in Acento and compares the Dominican government handling of the case with how other Latin American governments have acted. He observes that, in general, the Medina administration has taken the matter lightly …
2017News

Another Odebrecht denial

Attorney General Jean-Alain Rodríguez heard explanations related to the Odebrecht corruption case yesterday, 17 January 2017 from Manuel de Jesus Perez (Freddy), a former Minister for Public Works (2004-2007) during the years of the President Leonel Fernández government, and from Juan Roberto Rodríguez, the former director of the Santo Domingo Water Works (CAASD) in 1997, …
2017News

Guillermo Moreno demands resignation of attorney general

Former presidential candidate for the Partido Alianza País, Guillermo Moreno called for the attorney general Jean Alain Rodríguez to resign from his post.Moreno is a former National District attorney. He said that Rodríguez does not have the independence, nor the will needed to investigate the Odebrecht bribes. Read more in Spanish: Listin Diario 18 January …
2017News

Environment Minister offers no compromises for Valle Nuevo

Environment Minister Francisco Domínguez Brito has said that the government-ordered de-occupation of land in Valle Nuevo, which the state has decided to protect, can no longer be delayed. The Minister said the extent of environmental degradation is so extensive that neither man nor nature could fully restore the area. He observed that that the damage …
2017News

President-elect Jovenel Moise tours electricity plants

President-elect of Haiti, Jovenel Moise visited the construction site for the Punta Catalina 720-megawatt coal-fired plant yesterday, 17 January 2017. Moise was hosted by the executive vice president of the Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE), Ruben Jiménez Bichara. He also toured the installations of the Monte Plata Solar plant, the largest of its kind in …