From: "Council On Hemispheric Affairs" <stanley@coha.org>
To: <sacranative@yahoo.com>
Subject: COHA Report: The Dominican Republic Looks Towards the Future
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:55:07 -0400
The Dominican Republic Pursues Modernity and Rectitude
- Fernández offer some macro success at the expense of high quality rule
- Big obstacles along the way
- CAFTA to thunder ahead as Arias' Costa Rica squeezes out a narrow pro-free trade victory
The Dominican Republic (DR) has been undergoing a profound transformation beginning at the end of the last century. With an increasingly prosperous economy, stable political institutions, and a booming tourism industry, it seems that the DR is well prepared to be perceived as one of the most successful modernizing countries in the early years of this century. However, the picture becomes more complicated upon analyzing the country's prevailing social and economic features. Issues ranging from a poor health system, a pattern of ill-treatment of Haitian refugees illegally in the country, energy shortages, and under-performing educational facilities blot its credentials; however, this is not to say that the current administration, headed by Leonel Fernández of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), has not fulfilled some of its objectives. Yet while economic indicators are favorable, he is losing popularity because he is being viewed by many as being in different to the plight of the poor and small farmers, and too allied with foreign multi-nationals, not to mention botching up his controversial metro project.Full article...
This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Roberto Mallen
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 | Press release 07.68
+++++++++++++++++++++
Come Together and Create!
Peter S. Lopez ~aka:Peta
Sacramento, California, Aztlan
Email: sacranative@yahoo.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Humane-Rights-Agenda/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NetworkAztlan_News/
http://www.networkaztlan.com/
C/S
No comments:
Post a Comment
Be for real! Love La Raza Cosmca! Venceremos!