Ostentatiousness and impunity

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Journalist Juan Bolivar Diaz calls for an end to pretentious displays of wealth by government officials as well as to impunity, which he says are behind the drug trade's penetration into Dominican society. "Crime in all its manifestations has found fertile ground in which to multiply in this country where the quest for a quick buck is motivated by impunity and the culture of unbridled ostentatiousness exhibited by many in contrast to the levels of poverty of most of Dominicans," he comments in Hoy. " More people are becoming convinced that the country is going through a crisis that requires new policies that come down to earth in keeping with the economic-social reality and adjust the lifestyle and consumption of privileged groups, especially those in government and politics, imposing the rule of the law," he writes.
To read his analysis, see http://dr1.com/news/2008/081208_juanbolivardiaz.shtml

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