2017News

Largest march ever protests impunity in government

Evidence from aerial photos suggests that the Sunday morning, 22 January 2017 March Against Impunity could well have been the largest protest in recent years against the government. Hundreds of thousands marched seeking an end to impunity that has enveloped government officers who are accused of having benefited from overpricing and bribes. Analysts observe that …

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IDEM asks: Who benefited from Odebrecht graft? Were taxes paid?

Civil society organizations grouped under the Democratic Institutions Initiative (IDEM) said on Thursday, 19 January 2017, urged that the judicial branch, Congress and other regulatory agencies of the government investigate all contracts signed and executed by the Brazilian firm in the country, given the generalized practice of bribes. IDEM says that the authorities should gather …

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Conep calls for end to bribes and overpricing as way to doing business

The National Business Council (Conep) that gathers the 47 leading business and industry organizations called for the Attorney General to firmly act in establishing responsibilities amongst companies and government in the Odebrecht corruption scandal. In a press release, Conep says the Odebrecht case, described as one of the greatest corruption scandals of all times in …

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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 …

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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 …

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