2019 – Page 45

The Medina administration has opened talks with the El Seibo farmers that had camped out near the Presidential Palace. The farmers claim as theirs the land where they say they have been farming for 44 years. They were recently evicted from the land after a landholder claimed the land as his. The El Seibo farmers …

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On Friday, 8 November, the campaign officially opens for the municipal elections scheduled for 16 February 2020. Some 158 mayors, 235 heads of districts, 1,164 councilors and 735 spokesmen will all be elected. The Dominican Constitution establishes that municipal authorities should be chosen on the third Sunday in February every four years. The elected will …

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After eight months of talks with different political organizations, the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) announced during a YouTube presentation that the agreement for a “Great Alliance for Change” is limited to electing legislative and municipal officers. The party is open to other parties, social movement and to the backing of individuals from all around the …

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Santo Domingo province senator candidate for the PRM coalition of parties, Antonio Taveras Guzmán criticized that the government has cut RD$2.4 billion off the budget for public works in the Santo Domingo province for 2020. During a working meeting with the deputies of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Taveras Guzman said that from RD$19.7 billion …

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The proposal made by renowned Dominican architect Eugenio Pérez Montás to take 10 lineal meters from the Mirador del Sur Park to try and alleviate the heavy traffic on Anacona Avenue, has been backed by another architect, Culture Minister Eduardo Selman. While the extra space will make Anacona Avenue wider and help with traffic congestion …

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The new Dominican ambassador to Mexico, Jonny Martínez Mezquita, is described as a man close to President Danilo Medina, as reported in Diario Libre on 30 October 2019. He is a career diplomat, with 16 years of experience in the Dominican foreign service. He is the president of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) in …

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Dominican Ambiórix Nepomuceno Rodríguez says he is innocent of the murder of the lawyer Paola Languasco. He made the statement on reaching the Justice Palace in Santiago, following his extradition from Spain on Monday, 4 November 2019. He also asked not to be placed in a cell, saying that his life was at risk from …

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The Supreme Court of Justice has handed down preventive custody to Jeifry del Rosario Gautier, son of the convicted drug dealer Ramón Antonio del Rosario Puente (“Toño Leña”) and said he was one of the main heads of drug dealing networks operating in the Dominican Republic. He will be held in custody until a 3 …

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Over the last week, authorities in Puerto Rico have informed about the arrest of five Dominicans and the confiscation of 3,400 kilos of cocaine that they were transporting. The arrests and seizures happened in separate incidents, but they were all from boats located near to Puerto Rico. The first happened on 30 October 2019, when …

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There are uncanny similarities in the case of Juana Dominga Salas, who was murdered by her partner who had been in jail for a previous aggression against her, but was let out by an irregular judicial agreement. According to her brother, Valentín Domínguez Salas, in 2018 Johan Rodríguez stabbed his sister. Still, she survived and …

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