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01-06-2009, 01:11 PM
The hunger strike by Constitutionalist soldiers who were promised a pension by President Leonel Fernandez is now in its 12th day. Hoy reports that the protestors' health is quickly deteriorating. Originally 22 men started the hunger strikes and now only five remain. They claim that President Fernandez promised to give them pensions as former Armed Forces members. The men fought on the side of the Constitutional government during the civil strife in the DR in the 1960s.
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