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The president of the Dominican Republic Association of Industries (AIRD) Celso Juan Marranzini called President Danilo Medina’s two-hour speech on Independence Day positive yet lacking in some areas. He said the President failed to address challenges that need to be resolved to maintain sustainable growth. He pointed out that the President stressed the advances and …

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The millennial and centennial generations in the Dominican Republic’s “Trabucazo 2020” protest marked an inflection point in Dominican politics. The event was the climax of a week of demonstrations of the under-35-year-old voting segment of the Dominican population, which is around 40% of the total vote, at the Plaza de la Bandera. The Plaza de …

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The protests at the Plaza de la Bandera were suspended on Friday, 28 February 2020 after an unprecedented 11 consecutive days of demonstrations in front of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) after the suspension of the municipal elections. Eduardo Sánchez Tolentino, representative of the group Somos Pueblo, one of the key organizers of the protests, …

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Filmmaker Jose Maria Cabral said he registered on the Central Electoral Board’s website to participate in the upcoming elections and urged people to do the same. He did so a day after taking the stage of the successful protest of young people at the Plaza de la Bandera. In a tweet to young people he …

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Dominican stand-up comedian Carlos Sanchez used his minutes on the stage of the Plaza de la Bandera concert-demonstration on Thursday, 27 February 2020 to urge young people not to become apathetic again. He also demanded the country have an attorney general who is independent from the Presidency. “As long as we do not have an …

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Gustavo González de Vega, president of the Las Americas Free Zone Association, had praise for the consistent legal regime of the Dominican free zone system during a forum on Dominican free zones in Barcelona, Spain. He said free zone exports in the DR make up 57% of total exports, most targeted to the United States. …

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In the sector of Las Colinas, in San Francisco de Macoris, Duarte province, two persons died from a meningococcal infection and their son is in the intensive care unit (ICU) at a local clinic. Elva Rosa Fernandez and her husband Jose Peralta both died at the Centro Medico Siglo 21 in SFM. Their five-year old …

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Construction is underway at the Monte Grande dam that will warehouse waters of the Yaque del Sur River, control flooding, provide irrigation for farmers and hydroelectric generation. The Monte Grande dam is financed by a US$249.6 million loan from the Central American Integration Bank, as reported in Diario Libre. The reservoir will hold close to …

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Marvin del Cid, a journalist specializing in ecological issues, publishes in Diario Libre a summary of the 3D mapping of coral reefs. The mapping is part of a project carried out by the Nature Conservancy, the Punta Cana Group Foundation, the Dominican Foundation for Marine Studies and the Dominican Reef Network. Dominican coral reefs cover …

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The National Police has issued a warning regarding a new robbery tactic that apparently has been imported by South American criminals. The Police report several persons have been victims of armed robbery at home. This has occurred after the door is opened to a well-dressed single person, only for the victims to find themselves victims …

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